May. 10 2024
Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024Found: 11 Namibia 10 Cameroon 10 Netherlands 9 United States of America 8 Trinidad and Tobago 8 Republic of Serbia
Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent reports indicating that Iran has exported Shahed drones and drone technology to Serbia; and of the impact of this on peace and stability in the Western Balkans.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We have seen no evidence that Iran has exported Shahed drones and drone technology to Serbia. We are counselling Serbia to approach its defence procurement with care, as it sensibly seeks to diversify and modernise its defence capabilities. When the Foreign Secretary met President Vucic in Munich in February, he underlined the importance of Serbia supporting efforts to build and support regional stability.
May. 09 2024
Source Page: Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, May 2024: UK responseFound: United Kingdom shares the assessment in the Report of the concerning lack of progress towards Kosovo-Serbia
May. 08 2024
Source Page: Chief of the Defence Staff Ash Carter Exchange SpeechFound: Kosovo and Serbia are at loggerheads. Georgia is rocked by protests.
Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) In the context of President Xi visiting Europe, but also Hungary and Serbia, UK trade in the world is - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) What it does not do is pass collective judgment against the people of Serbia. - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) We in this House want to be friends with a democratic Serbia. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Do they see a gradual moving away by Serbia from Russian influence? - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) We should try to bring Serbia away from the mantle of Moscow, if we can. - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Reference has been made to the internal dynamics within Serbia. - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in and stability of the Western Balkans, following the testimony of the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, before the US House Committee on Armed Services on 10 April.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We share General Cavoli's assessment over rising tensions in the Western Balkans, and Russia's malign role in exacerbating those tensions. Working bilaterally and with partners, and drawing on over £40 million of programme activity, the UK is driving forward efforts to build resilience to external threats, strengthen democracy, prevent a return to conflict and tackle migration and serious organised crime. Government Ministers are engaging actively in support of these goals. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary met the Prime Ministers of Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro to discuss greater UK investment in the Western Balkans.
Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Committee: International Relations and Defence CommitteeFound: This is leading Serbia to pretty openly foment trouble inside Bosnia and Herzegovina, and give
Found: Dodik indicted and put on trial 16 2.6 High Representative reports in 2023 18 2.7 Relations with Serbia
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and DevelopmentFound: Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia