Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Cameroonian counterpart on respect for human rights of the Anglophone communities in that country.

During my recent visit to Cameroon, I met the Prime Minister and the Ministers of External Relations, Territorial Administration and Defence and we discussed the tensions in Cameroon's Anglophone regions. I have since met with the President's Secretary General when he was in London. In all discussions, I reinforced the importance of respecting human rights in a challenging security environment.

During CHOGM, the Foreign Secretary met Cameroonian Prime Minister Yang and pressed for urgent action to resolve the dispute and associated violence. I also met Commonwealth Minister Mbayu and delivered the same message.