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Written Question
Balkans: Politics and Government
Thursday 8th December 2016

Asked by: Karen Lumley (Conservative - Redditch)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support security and political stability in the Balkan states.

Answered by Alan Duncan

In the last month, the Foreign Secretary has met the Prime Ministers of Serbia, Kosovo and Albania, as well as the Chair of the BiH Presidency, in order to support security and political stability in the region.

The announcement that we will host the 2018 Western Balkans Summit, our senior bilateral contacts, and our engagement through our Embassies and programme funds, all support this Government's commitment to drive forward reform and embed stability in the Western Balkans.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2016
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"5. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent steps to reduce migration to Europe through the western Balkans...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2016
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"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the root cause of the migration pushing people through the Balkans has been the civil war in Syria? Does he agree that this country must certainly never be part of the Schengen area, which could allow people to be pushed to the UK?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
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"2. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent steps to reduce migration to Europe through the western Balkans...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Apr 2016
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"Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government will continue to help Greece to manage the pressures on its borders and avoid the distressing scenes that we have witnessed in the western Balkans?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2015
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"1. What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2015
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"Does my right hon. Friend share my concerns that the continued detention of political prisoners, including former President Nasheed—the first democratically elected President of the Maldives—is an impediment to the ongoing talks and to the possible resolution of the crisis?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2015
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"T2. As my right hon. Friend knows, I take a great interest in the Balkans and last year I travelled to Bosnia with colleagues to visit Srebrenica and worked with a charity, Medica Zenica, which helps families affected by the conflict. Does he agree that as well as remembering the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jul 2015
Srebrenica Genocide (20th Anniversary)

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jul 2015
Srebrenica Genocide (20th Anniversary)

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent, powerful speech. Last year, I travelled to Srebrenica to see that centre and worked with a local charity, Medica Zenica, which looks after people who were raped during the war. We met a woman there who had been raped so many times she …..."
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