Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Cameroon on violence and unrest in the anglophone region of that country.

The Government is deeply concerned to hear reports of deaths and injuries in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. We call for restraint and for all parties to reject violence, pursue dialogue and reduce tensions.

The High Commissioner raised our concerns about the handling of protests in the Anglophone region with the Minister of External Relations on 11 October. He also met Prime Minister Philémon Yang on 27 September and on 10 October. He also raised our concern with the Minister of Communication on 9 October, and the Minister of Defence, Director General of Intelligence and the Minister of Higher Education on 10 October. He reiterated the United Kingdom's position in television interviews on 9 and 10 October.

We continue to call for restraint among all parties and for urgent action to address the causes of the crisis.