Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the leadership of the Southern African Development Community.

The UK regularly engages with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on a range of political, economic and climate-related issues. The British High Commissioner to Gaborone, in her role as the UK's Special Representative to SADC, most recently engaged with the SADC Executive Secretary in February 2021 to update her on the UK's autonomous sanctions regime. The British High Commissioner to Maputo met with President Nyusi of Mozambique, the current Chair of SADC, on 1 April 2021 to offer our continued cooperation on peace and security in the Southern Africa region, in light of the recent attacks in Palma, northeast Mozambique.