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<p>President Obama was not asked to raise the case of Andargachew Tsege with the Government
of Ethiopia during his visit. The Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth
Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond
MP) and the Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil
Service, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP) have frequently
raised the case directly and at the highest levels of the Ethiopian government, most
recently on 8th and 17th August, and will continue to do so. Following an HMG request
Mr Tsege has been transferred to a federal prison, and HMA Addis visited him there
on 13 August.</p>
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