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Recap: Full list of MPs who urged Putin to engage in peace talks…. in 2000

31 MPs put their name to an Early Day Motion calling on Putin to support a ceasefire in Checnya and work towards a lasting peace.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-03-12 07:10
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Supposed ‘Putin sympathiser’ Jeremy Corbyn was one of just 31 MPs to support an Early Day Motion in 2000 calling for the then-acting Russian president to support a ceasefire in Chechnya and entry of humanitarian aid.

Tony Blair invited Putin to visit Britain and meet the Queen in his first trip to the West since replacing Boris Yeltsin in Aprile 20000, a visit Corbyn described as “premature and inappropriate”.

An Early Day Motion tabled on 13th April 2000 called on Putin to support a ceasefire in Chechnya as well as giving unfettered access to independent observers and humanitarian assistance.

It also called on him to open political dialogue to conclude a lasting peace for the people of Chechnya.

But only 31 MPs co-signed, and you can probably guess who most of them are.

A similar motion put forward in 1999 condemned military action in Chechnya and expressed concern that Russia had “not focused sufficiently on supporting peace and anti-war groups” in the country.

The primary sponsor was Jeremy Corbyn and, again, it was only co-signed by 8 UK MPs.

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Full list of MPs who supported April 2000 motion

Sponsors:

  • Jeremy Corbyn, Islington North
  • Harry Barnes, North East Derbyshire
  • Tony Benn, Chesterfield
  • Sir Peter Bottomley, Worthing West
  • Michael Clapham, Barnsley West and Penistone
  • Eric Clarke, Midlothian


Signees:

  • Michael Connarty, Falkirk East
  • Frank Cook, Stockton North
  • Tom Cox, Tooting
  • Ann Cryer, Keighley
  • Lawrence Cunliffe, Leigh
  • Terry Davis, Birmingham Hodge Hll
  • Hilton Dawson, Lancaster and Wyre
  • Andrew Dismore, Hendon
  • Bill Etherington, Sunderland North
  • Norman Godman, Greenock and Inverclyde
  • Win Griffiths, Bridgend
  • Mike Hancock, Portsmouth South
  • Ieuan Wyn Jones, Ynys Mon
  • Lynee Jones, Birmingham, Selly Oak
  • Ashok Kumar, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
  • David Lepper, Brighton, Pavilion
  • Julian Lewis, New Forest East
  • John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington
  • Kevin McNamara, Kingston upon Hull North
  • Syd Rapson, Portsmouth North
  • Bob Russell, Colchester
  • Alan Simpson, Nottingham South
  • Simon Thomas, Ceredigion
  • Jenny Tonge, Richmond Park
  • Paul Tyler, North Cornwall
  • Derek Wyatt, Sittingbourne and Shipley

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