Question follow-through · 3070

Somalia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of the SSC-Khaatumo region in supporting stability, development and growth in Somalia.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 30 Aug 2024
Target answer date: 3 Sept 2024
Answer: 10 Sept 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of the SSC-Khaatumo region in supporting stability, development and growth in Somalia.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The UK has not made a specific assessment of the role of the SSC-Khatumo area in supporting stability, development and growth in Somalia. We engage closely with all parties in Somalia and are a core security and development partner to the country.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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