Lord Boateng – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Boateng on 2016-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions in each of the last three years the Ambassador of the UK to Burundi (1) visited Bujumbura, and (2) met the President of Burundi.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

In 2014 our Ambassador visited Bujumbura on eight occasions and met with President Nkurunziza on three occasions.

In 2015 our Ambassador visited Bujumbura on seven occasions and met with President Nkurunziza on two occasions.

In 2016 our Ambassador has visited Bujumbura on one occasion so far.