Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had since 9 October 2020 with his counterparts in the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq on the security and constitutional status of Sinjar.

We have regular discussions with Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) counterparts including on Sinjar, most recently last week when our Ambassador to Iraq met with the President and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region. We have underlined our strong support for the recently proposed joint security agreement between Government of Iraq (GoI) and the KRG in Sinjar province and the need to work closely with the local population to ensure success. We continue to encourage cooperation between the GoI and KRG on these issues.