Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to work with the international community and the Azerbaijani and Armenian Governments to bring about a sustainable peace settlement which addresses the underlying causes of the conflict between those nations.

The UK Government continues to engage with the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and with international partners, to support negotiations to secure a sustainable and peaceful settlement to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The UK Government has been clear that the outstanding matters between the parties, including those that are drivers of conflict, can only be settled by peaceful negotiation. I [Minister for Europe] reinforced this position with the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers on 15 and 17 September respectively. UK officials in Baku, Yerevan and across our network of diplomatic missions also continue to encourage progress towards a negotiated settlement.