Skip to main content

What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received about the situation of Kurdish People in Syria by date and title?

Answered Question 84 (2026)
Question published
Reply lodged

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received about the situation of Kurdish People in Syria by date and title?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs has received the following information that mentions the situation of Kurdish people in Syria: - A formal Message with the subject line "Syria: Ongoing Tests for Syrian Unity as Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Across Damascus and Suwayda" dated 23 July 2025 - An email with the subject line 'Syria update and contingency TPs' dated 17 July 2025. - A Formal Message dated 15 April 2025. Publication of the subject line risks jeopardising New Zealand's international relations. - A Formal Message with the subject line 'Syria: Glimmers of Peace in the North-East as Landmark Deal Signed' dated 3 March 2025. - A Formal Message with the subject line 'Syria: Cautious Optimism at the Three-Month Mark as Geopolitical Landscape Shifts' dated 27 February 2025. A list of information provided prior to 2025 cannot be complied in the timeframes required for Written Parliamentary Questions.