Written question asked by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Monday, 14 January 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 January 2013. It was answered by Lord Swire (Conservative) on Monday, 21 January 2013 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Burma

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts, (b) the US and (c) the Association of South-East Asian Nations, to co-ordinate an international response to the escalating conflict in Kachin State, Burma.

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Answer

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), discussed the situation in Burma with Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Le Luong Minh on 13 December 2012. The situation in Kachin state was discussed on 15 January by UK, French, German, Italian and United States political directors, and representatives from the EU's External Action Service. This discussion included agreement on the importance of an enduring political solution to Burma's ethnic conflict. Official level discussions between the UK and US, and within the EU, cover the ethnic conflict in Burma on a regular basis.

The British ambassador to Burma, to whom I spoke on 21 January, is in regular contact with his US counterpart on a range of issues. They last discussed the situation in Kachin on 16 January.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 137611; 557 c92W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Myanmar
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Burma

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