Sudan

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22. Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the civil war in southern Sudan. [30916]

Mr. Douglas Hogg

We fully support the peace initiative launched last year by the intergovernmental authority for drought and development, IGADD. I expressed concern about the civil war during a meeting with the Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 22 May, and urged the Sudanese Government to persevere with the IGADD initiative.

36. Mr. Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on human rights in Sudan. [30930]

Mr. Hogg

We continue to be concerned about the lamentable human rights situation in the Sudan. I raised this with the Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in a meeting on 22 May.