Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Thursday, 15 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 2007. It was answered by Jim Murphy (Labour) on Monday, 26 November 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Sudan: Frontiers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on its rejection of the findings of the Abyei Boundary Commission report.

Answer: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not raised the Abyei Boundary Commission report with the Government of Sudan. However, the Abyei boundary dispute is a key issue for continued progress on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). My right hon. Friends the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for International Development and my noble Friend the Minister of State for Africa, Asia and the UN, the right hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, have all raised CPA implementation including Abyei, in their contacts with the Government of Sudan.

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