Question follow-through · 20213

Syria: Humanitarian Situation and Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Syrian counterpart on the (a) humanitarian situation in that country, (b) treatment of religious minorities in that country and (c) st

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2024
Answer: 6 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Syrian counterpart on the (a) humanitarian situation in that country, (b) treatment of religious minorities in that country and (c) st
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary does not have an official counterpart in Syria. He has not had discussions with the interim authorities.The UK has been at the forefront of the response to fast moving events in Syria. The UK Special Envoy for Syria and I are speakin...

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