Sudan: Politics and Government

(asked on 16th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 January (HL Deb, cols 130–2), what assessment they have made of the consequences of violence in Sudan for bilateral relations between the UK and Sudan; and whether the next proposed meeting of the UK–Sudan Strategic Dialogue will still take place.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 28th January 2019

We continue to monitor closely the Government of Sudan's response to the recent protests and to express our concern at the current situation. The UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue due to take place in Spring 2019 is an opportunity to engage on priority issues such as human rights, economic reform and regional issues, and to raise matters of concern at senior levels with the Government of Sudan. As we made clear with our Troika partners (the USA and Norway) and Canada in our statement of 8 January the Government of Sudan's actions and decisions over the coming weeks will have an impact on the approach to engagement of our Governments and we are monitoring the situation closely.

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