Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on the protection of indigenous leaders in that country.

I [Minister Rutley] visited Peru in October 2023 and held discussions with senior representatives of the Peruvian Government including my former counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Higueras Hare on issues including the importance of protecting human rights of minority and indigenous groups. The British Embassy in Lima monitors the threats that indigenous people, their leaders and supporters face from groups linked to serious and organised crime, as well as the actions of the Peruvian Government to protect these communities.