Burma: Rohingya

(asked on 11th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to support policies to pressure the military of Myanmar to halt human rights abuses against the Rohingya people, including (a) coordinated EU support for a UN mandated global arms embargo on Myanmar, (b) EU-wide visa bans on military personnel with exceptions made only for meetings specifically on human rights, (c) an expansion of the existing EU arms embargo to ban companies from supplying any kind of equipment to the Myanmar military, (d) a ban on new investment in and business relationships with military-owned companies and members of the military and their families, (e) an end, in all EU member states, to any form of Government-based training and co-operation with the military in Myanmar and (f) coordinated EU support for the reinstatement of the Annual General Assembly Resolution on human rights in Burma.


Answered by
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Mark Field
This question was answered on 16th October 2017

In preparation for the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday 16 October, UK officials have been in discussion with their EU counterparts to consider the EU response to the deterioating situation in Rakhine. Earlier this year the UK argued successfully for the continuation of the EU Arms Embargo for Burma, and will continue to do so. During September the UK has suspended Burmese military visits and defence education.

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