Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 4 February 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(1) what benchmarks he will use to assess whether progress has been made in meeting Government conditions necessary to cancel Sudan's debts;
(2) what process he will use to measure whether Sudan is making any progress towards meetings the conditions necessary before the Government cancels Sudan's debts.
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.
Sudan qualifies for debt relief under the internationally agreed heavily indebted poor country initiative (HIPC). Any future debt relief for Sudan will take place in the context of a wider reform programme that may be prepared by the IMF, and subject to decisions of the boards of the IMF, World Bank and Paris Club on which the UK Government are represented.
More information on the HIPC initiative can be found at:
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