Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with EDF on the situation in Niger.

The UK has met with a range of international partners to discuss the situation in Niger since the military takeover on 26 July. We continue to use our diplomatic presence to engage with ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), its member states and other key African partners to encourage a regionally led, peaceful outcome to the crisis. To our knowledge, EDF (Électricité de France) has not requested a meeting with FCDO to discuss Niger, although we do regularly engage with French Government counterparts.