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Anzhalika Melnikava

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Belarussian counterpart on the reported disappearance of Anzhelika Melnikava and her daughters.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 23 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 28 Apr 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Belarussian counterpart on the reported disappearance of Anzhelika Melnikava and her daughters.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
I am concerned by reports of Angelika Melnikava's disappearance. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials are following the case closely. We have not raised this with the Belarusian Government.

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