Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 26 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 March 2008. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 21 April 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Sudan: Politics and Government

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions the Government has had with the government of Chad on Darfur; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The UK is represented in Chad through our high commission in Yaounde. Officials from the high commission regularly visit Chad and have raised the issue of Darfur on numerous occasions. The last visits to Chad were on 19 November 2007 and 5-8 February 2008, where Darfur was raised with the Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-mi and the Deputy Foreign Minister respectively.The Government will also continue to work multilaterally through the UN and the EU to support initiatives to reduce tensions between Chad and Sudan. We have repeatedly called on the Governments of both Chad and Sudan to end support for armed groups in the region.

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