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Sombath Somphone

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Laos on the disappearance of Sombath Somphone.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 16 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2025
Answer: 15 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Laos on the disappearance of Sombath Somphone.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The UK continues to raise the case of Sombath Somphone's disappearance with the Lao authorities, both bilaterally and through multilateral fora such as the UN Human Rights Council. Most recently, on 3 September 2025, the previous Minister for the Indo-Pac...

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