Burma (Hansard, 13 March 1995)

§ Mr. Miller
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries which are known to him as supplying arms to Burma.

§ Mr. Goodlad
Together with our EU partners we imposed an arms embargo on Burma in July 1991. That remains in force.
We have no reliable information about the sale of arms to Burma by other countries.

§ Mr. Miller
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made regarding attacks by the Burmese forces on the Karen people.

§ Mr. Goodlad
Together with our EU partners we have expressed our concerns about recent developments directly to the ruling military regime in Burma, the State Law and Order Restoration Council—SLORC. We called in the Burmese ambassador on 17 February to reinforce the EU action and to urge the SLORC to call an immediate halt to the current offensive. On 10 March the EU issued a statement condemning the attacks and calling upon the SLORC to find a swift and peaceful solution to the ethnic minority problem in Burma.

§ Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from other Governments critical of British attempts to stimulate trade links with the SLORC regime in Burma.

§ Mr. Goodlad
None.