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Papua: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Indonesian counterpart on the recent conflict in West Papua.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Indonesian counterpart on the recent conflict in West Papua.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The UK monitors the human rights situation in Papua regularly. We are concerned about the recent increase in violence in Papua including the fatalities across Central Papua. I visited Indonesia in February and underlined the importance the UK attaches to ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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