Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab that a drone typically operated only by the Chinese army is being used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur; whether this constitutes a breach of the United Nations embargo on the sale of armaments to parties engaged in the conflict; and whether they intend to raise this with the warring parties.

The Government remains extremely concerned about reports of external support to the warring parties in Sudan, and we have repeatedly called on all international actors to end the supply of weapons, finance, and personnel, and use whatever influence they have to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table.

Last year, we worked closely with international partners to secure the renewal of the long-standing UN arms embargo on Darfur. The UK will support its further renewal in September and will continue to push for the embargo to be extended to the whole of Sudan. We expect all countries to comply with their obligations under UN sanctions regimes.