Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 21 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had recent discussions with the Algerian Government on the forced closure of Christian churches in that country; and if he will make a statement.
The Government raise the issue of human rights, including freedom of religion and belief, with the Government of Algeria through a variety of mechanisms, including the EU-Algeria Association Agreement, which came into force in September 2005.
We continue to monitor religious freedom in the middle east and north African region closely and will raise this issue as part of our discussions with the Algerian Government. I myself will be meeting a delegation of Christians later this month.
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