Urgent question on air drops in Syria: 9 June 2016
9 June 2016 (updated on 9 June 2016)
Minister for European issues and NATO, David Lidington, responded to an Urgent Question from the Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Diana Johnson, in the House of Commons on the International Syria Support Group plans to commence air drops to besieged areas in Syria on Thursday 9 June.
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