Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 11 September 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the representatives of the Nigerian Government on the political situation in Northern Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
The Foreign Secretary and the Secretary for International Development visited Nigeria in August. They discussed the political and military situation in the north with the Vice President of Nigeria and the Military Theatre Commander in Maiduguri. They reaffirmed the Government's commitment to assisting Nigeria in its struggle against Boko Haram, but emphasised that there can be no military-only solution to the insurgency. They pressed the Nigerian Government to take a more comprehensive security, political and developmental approach to the North East in order to address the drivers of the conflict.
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