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Last updated at 20:04 (UK time) 8 Feb 2012
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Visit of Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh
08 February 2012
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.
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