Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the influence of China on the Syrian economy.
There is limited available data on Syria's economy.
The UK is strongly against engagement with the Asad regime in absence of its genuine participation in the political process established by UN Security Council Resolution 2254. Asad and his backers have perpetrated innumerable crimes and abuses against the people of Syria and must be held to account.