COE Parliamentary Assembly

(asked on 30th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the address by Ms Annalena Baerbock, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 24 January 2023.


Answered by
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 2nd February 2023

The UK welcomes Foreign Minister Baerbock's attendance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the address she held with the delegates. The UK and Germany are the closest of partners. At the UK-Germany Strategic Dialogue on 5 January 2023, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and Foreign Minister Baerbock committed to increasing cooperation on a range of joint priorities including our commitment to upholding human rights standards. We look forward to the Council of Europe Summit in May which will be a good opportunity to re-invigorate the Council of Europe.

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