Written question asked by Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) on Thursday, 3 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 (named day). It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Burma: Military Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330 have received any form of training funded by the UK Government.

Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 January 2016 to Question 21564, which stated that we do not provide combat training to the Burmese Army. We do however provide educational training, as well as English Language Training. We have no information to indicate that participants on these educational courses were Burmese Army soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330.

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