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<p>The Prime Minister, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member
for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), and the Minister for Africa, my Hon. Friend the Member
for Boston and Skegness (Mr Simmonds), have all spoken to their Nigerian counterparts
since news of the abduction broke on 18 April. In May the Minister for Africa travelled
to Nigeria to discuss the situation with President Jonathan and Defence Minister Gusau
and to agree the range of British assistance now being provided. Our High Commission
in Abuja are in regular contact with the Government of Nigeria about this abduction,
which is an abhorrent crime.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary hosted the London Ministerial
on Security in North East Nigeria on 12 June, in the margins of the Global Summit
on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict. Representatives from Nigeria and its neighbours,
as well as the US, France, Canada, United Nations, African Union and European Union
agreed further concrete measures to tackle the terrorism threat in Nigeria and the
region.</p>
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