Honduras: Politics and Government

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009

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Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage the restoration of democratic government in Honduras.

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Chris Bryant (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Rhondda, Labour)

The UK strongly condemned the forcible removal of President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. Since June 2009, the UK and our EU partners have continued to support a regional resolution and have welcomed in particular the role that President Arias of Costa Rica and the Organisation of American States have played in seeking to find a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the crisis.

The EU has issued a number of statements about the situation in Honduras (21, 25, 31 July, 7 August and 22 September 2009) which have publicly supported these processes. The EU has also applied a number of diplomatic measures, including restrictions on political level contacts with members of the de facto regime, and suspending budgetary support.

We hope that the signing by representatives of President Zelaya and the de facto government of an accord on 30 October 2009 will lead to a return to democratic government and constitutional order in the country.

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