Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what most recent representations he has made to the Government of Myanmar on the recent election in that country.

The UK is clear that the results of the November 2020 election should be respected. We will continue to reiterate to the military regime that they should hand back power to the democratically elected government and release all those detained arbitrarily.

I [Minister Adams] formally summoned the Myanmar Ambassador on 1 and 22 February, and reiterated that the democratic wishes of the people of Myanmar must be respected, those detained arbitrarily be released, peaceful protest permitted and the elected National Assembly peacefully re-convened. Additionally, HMA Yangon attended an Ambassadors' briefing with the military appointed Foreign Minister. He used this opportunity to unequivocally condemn the coup and call for the release of those in arbitrary detention.