Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he has had with (a) the African Union, (b) the Ethiopian Government and (c) other officials in the last two months on supporting the monitoring and implementation of the November 2022 Pretoria and Nairobi agreements.

The Foreign Secretary visited Ethiopia on 8 December 2022. He met with Prime Minister Abiy, Deputy Prime Minister Demeke and visited Afar where he saw UK supplied trucks about to deliver aid into Tigray. He welcomed the peace agreement signed between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). He told Prime Minister Abiy that Ethiopia could rely on the UK's full support on its path to recovery and reconciliation so long as the peace process makes progress. Our Ambassador in Addis Ababa has been in regular contact with the Ethiopian Government and the African Union to reinforce this message.