Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on engagement with the coup authorities in Sudan of the visit of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to Moscow in February 2022.

We are aware of longstanding engagement between Russia and Sudan, including support to the military authorities. I have regularly voiced UK concern at Russia's influence across Africa, which capitalises on instability for their own interests. As such we are concerned by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo's recent visit to Moscow.

Since the October 2021 coup, FCDO officials have engaged with all parties to encourage dialogue, demonstrate support for the democratic transition and an end to human rights abuses. The UK will continue to do so and, with our international partners, maintain pressure on the Sudanese military to deliver the Sudanese people's demands for freedom, peace and justice.