Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of instability in Nicaragua.

The UK remains deeply concerned by the situation in Nicaragua. Our Embassy in Costa Rica, which is accredited to Nicaragua, has been following developments closely. The Nicaraguan Government must take responsibility for ending the violence and protecting human rights, particularly the rights to freedom of expression and assembly. These are the essential conditions for the inclusive national dialogue to resume.

We have been clear with the Nicaraguan Government on these points, both in a public statement from the British Ambassador to Nicaragua on 5 June and in meetings between the Head of Latin America Department and the Presidential Advisor on International Relations on 29 May and 5 June.