Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with the Russian ambassador and the issues discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29599/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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At my direction, senior officials in my Department met with the Russian Ambassador on Tuesday 27 September and Ireland’s concerns in relation to the human catastrophe that is unfolding in Syria - and in the city of Aleppo in particular - were directly conveyed to him in the clearest terms.

I subsequently confirmed in a statement on 29 September that my grave concerns had been conveyed in the clearest terms to the Russian authorities, and did so again in a topical issues debate in the Dáil on 6 October.