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We take the allegations of sexual violence in Burundi very seriously. The UK has been
at the forefront of supporting the UN’s efforts to encourage an end to violence and
human rights abuses in the country. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend
East (James Duddridge), has raised the subject with the Government of Burundi, including
with the Burundian Foreign Minister at the African Union Summit in January. While
we have not deployed any experts from the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials will explore the possibility of supporting
non-governmental organisations already present and active in Burundi when the allegations
first came to our attention.
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