Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will continue to engage with the new Turkish Government on a bilateral basis. I had the opportunity to visit Turkey earlier this year and also through the European Union. I assure the Deputy, lest there be any doubt, that Ireland continues to be a strong supporter of the peace talks between the Turkish Government and the Kurdish Workers' Party. We have been encouraged by the ceasefire which has been in place since 2013 and by a number of positive signals in the meantime. This only makes the recent breakdown of the ceasefire and subsequent violence all the more regrettable. I again urge all sides to exercise maximum restraint and work towards the reinstatement of the ceasfire as soon as possible. Ireland continues to believe a fair and lasting solution to the conflict can only be reached through democratic and peaceful means.

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