Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the Russian government on the right to self-determination of people in the North Caucasus.

Mr David Lidington

I have not specifically discussed the right to self-determination of people in the North Caucasus with the Russian government. However, this Government regularly raises concerns about the human rights situation in Russia with the Russian government. Concerns about the human rights situation in the North Caucasus were included in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2013 Annual Human Rights Report.