Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to discuss with his EU counterparts an expansion of the current EU arms embargo to ban all EU companies from supplying any kind of equipment to the military in Burma.

​The UK is party to the EU's arms embargo on Burma and a strong supporter of its continuation. The Foreign Secretary secured agreement at the 16 October EU Foreign Affairs Council that the EU would consider additional measures if the situation in Rakhine did not improve.

The UK will discuss with EU partners whether further sanctions are required following the UN Secretary-General's 12 December report to the UN Security Council on progress since the 6 November UN Security Council Presidential Statement.