Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support people affected by the conflict in Azerbaijan.

On 1 September I announced £500,000 to support the UNDP in enabling effective mine action work in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region, including territories returned to Azerbaijan following last year's conflict. The region is one of the most heavily contaminated with land mines in the world and the money the UK has given will eventually allow people to live safely and without fear of harm from unexploded ordnance. This funding complements the £1 million the UK gave last year to the ICRC in the immediate aftermath of the conflict. The UK Government continues to consider what further support we might provide to both the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the coming months as they recover from the conflict.