Guinea-Bissau
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the political situation in Guinea-Bissau; and if he will make a statement.
Henry Bellingham (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Africa and the United Nations), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; North West Norfolk, Conservative)
We remain deeply concerned about the situation in Guinea-Bissau following the coup d’état there on
We welcome the regional leadership shown by the Economic Community of West African States, and are working with them, the Africa Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the UN to ensure we maintain a coherent, unified response. Co-ordinated action will be vital in sending a clear signal to the military that the international community will not accept coups d’état, and in ensuring a return to constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau.