Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with his foreign counterparts on the imposition of sanctions against the Myanmar Government.

Ministers are actively discussing the situation in Rakhine with a number of foreign counterparts. We have also raised Rakhine three times at the UN Security Council since 25 August. We continue to consider with other Council members what further action can be taken to press the Burmese Government to resolve the situation in Rakhine and ensure the safe return of the displaced Rohingya from Bangladesh

We are also working with EU partners to consider possible measures, which would follow the UK's lead in suspending defence assistance and visits to EU countries by Burmese senior military figures responsible for the violence in Rakhine state.