Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 6 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to encourage the Russian Government to promote and protect human rights; and if he will make a statement.
We are actively engaged in a bilateral human rights dialogue with the Russian Government. The latest round of talks was held in Moscow on
We are also engaged, with our European partners, in the biannual EU-Russia human rights consultations. The first session of consultations took place in Luxembourg on
In addition to this, staff at our Embassy in Moscow continue to raise our concerns with their interlocutors in the Russian government, including with official institutions in Russia that exist to protect and promote human rights.
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