Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the Central African Republic in its preparations for national elections in 2015.

Elections are crucial for the Central African Republic's future stability and push towards reconciliation. It is important that these elections are free, fair and inclusive. The UK welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections. The UK is supportive of an EU Election Mission to the Central African Republic.