Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the defence agreement recently signed between the Republic of Cameroon and the Russian Federation.

We are aware of reports that Cameroon has recently signed a military cooperation deal with Russia. This follows an earlier Russia/Cameroon military agreement, signed in 2015. We continue to closely monitor security developments in the region.