Sudan: Foreign Relations
(asked on 17th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific issues they raised as part of the latest round of the UK–Sudan Strategic Dialogue which took place on 16 and 17 October; and what assessment they have made of the death penalty issued to Sudanese student Assim Omar Hassan.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue provides an important platform to discuss a range of areas of mutual interest with the Government of Sudan.
The fourth round of the Dialogue in October covered bilateral relations, the peace process, human rights, development, migration, trade and investment, defence, counter-terrorism, and countering violent extremism.
The UK Government is strongly opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. Officials from the British Embassy in Khartoum attended Asim Omer's trial, and are monitoring the continued legal process closely. We raised the case directly at a high level with the Government of Sudan during the Strategic Dialogue, and do so regularly in discussions between our Embassy and the Government in Khartoum.