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Commons - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development (including Topical Questions)
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: UK to nearly double aid for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens
Document: UK to nearly double aid for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Joint Statement following Russia’s veto of the mandate renewal of the UN Security Council’s 1718 Committee Panel of Experts
Document: Joint Statement following Russia’s veto of the mandate renewal of the UN Security Council’s 1718 Committee Panel of Experts (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Russia’s veto is about its breaching of sanctions in pursuit of weapons to use against Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Document: Russia’s veto is about its breaching of sanctions in pursuit of weapons to use against Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Efforts to counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware: joint statement
Document: Efforts to counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware: joint statement (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Living in Burkina Faso
Document: Living in Burkina Faso (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Living in Togo
Document: Living in Togo (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: ASEAN-UK Regional Training and Workshop on Engineering Biology
Document: ASEAN-UK Regional Training and Workshop on Engineering Biology (webpage)
Written Question
Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan regarding attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK condemns the continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan and this is regularly raised in our meetings with the Pakistani authorities. On 22 March I met with Pakistan's newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Ishaq Dar to discuss the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan. I raised attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques with Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on 13 September and in a letter of 5 October in 2023. On 7 March, the UK formally registered concerns with the Pakistan High Commission, condemning all incidents of hate speech directed towards Ahmadi Muslims, the desecration of Ahmadi mosques, and violence against Ahmadi individuals. In my letter to the newly-appointed Human Rights Minister in March, I underlined the UK's commitment to protecting religious minorities and urged the government of Pakistan to condemn any instances of hate directed towards Ahmadi Muslims and other marginalised religious communities.


Written Question
East Africa: Disinformation
Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Robert Buckland (Conservative - South Swindon)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what support his Department is providing to partners in East Africa to tackle Kremlin-backed online disinformation campaigns.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The UK has consistently made clear that malign activity by Russia and its proxies, including disinformation campaigns, exploits and exacerbates instability in sub-Saharan Africa. We draw on a range of levers to strengthen security and stability in sub-Saharan Africa. HMG is working with regional and international partners to coordinate activity to counter Russian disinformation and broader foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) targeting African audiences. We also support our African partners through strategic security and defence relationships with countries such as Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana, coordinating closely with likeminded states and international organisations.