Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support he is giving to the High Level Revitalisation Forum in South Sudan.

The UK is working closely with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the United States and Norway, and the wider international community, to give the High Level Revitalisation Forum the best chance of success. The UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan participated in the first round of talks and is supporting preparations for the second round of talks, scheduled to take place in February. We are calling on all parties to end violations of the Cessation of Hostilities and to enter into the next round of talks with a genuine commitment to making progress.