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Visit of Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh
Organisations:
8 February 2012 Published:
Policy:Strengthening UK relationships in Asia, Latin America and Africa to
support UK prosperity and security
Minister:Henry Bellingham MP
World location:Eritrea
Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham met with the Eritrean Delegation
to discuss a range of issues including the UK's bilateral relationship with
Eritrea.
The Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh, and Yemane Ghebreab, senior
political adviser to the President, visited the Foreign Office from 7-8
February. This was the first Eritrean ministerial visit to the UK. The
Eritrean Delegation met the Minister of Africa, Henry Bellingham, the
Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, and had
meetings with senior FCO and UKBA officials.
A range of issues were discussed including the UK
's bilateral relationship
with Eritrea; regional security and stability; migration and piracy. Mr
Bellingham also underlined the importance the UK attaches to improvements
to human rights, including the case of the G11 (the group of 11
parliamentarians arrested in September 2001), and religious and press
freedoms.
Mr Bellingham also hosted a business roundtable for existing and potential
investors in which 22 companies participated. Discussion centred on
potential investment opportunities in the extractive industries,
infrastructure development, agriculture and financial services.
Received on Sat Feb 09 2013 - 10:36:31 EST
