Burma: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 11th December 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 counterpart in Burma about the treatment of the Karen people by the Burmese state.
This question was answered on 19th December 2017
Our Ambassador and officials raise concerns with the relevant Burmese authorities when appropriate. Our Embassy in Rangoon stays in contact with Karen representatives and carefully monitors the situation, including through visits by Embassy officials to Karen areas. We are also supporting the 21st Century Panglong peace process to help bring lasting peace to the minority ethnic areas, including the Karen.