Urgent Question on Syria: Russian redeployment and the peace process
15 March 2016 (updated on 15 March 2016)
Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn, in the House of Commons on the announcement by Russia that it is redeploying the main part of its force from Syria and the implications of this for the peace process, on Tuesday 15 March 2016.
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