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Iraq: Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 291143, tabled on 25 September 2019

Question

Eddie Hughes
Conservative
Walsall North
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department is playing in promoting religious diversity in Iraq.

Answer

Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
South West Wiltshire
Commons

Answered on

30 September 2019

​The UK is committed to promoting and protecting the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief across Iraq. The importance of religious tolerance and diversity was a major subject of discussion during the visit of Iraqi President, Barham Salih, to the UK in June, and in my meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim on 25 June. To support the return of displaced members of Iraq's Christian communities, we have committed £23.15 million to the UN's Funding Facility for Stabilisation which is helping Iraq to rebuild territory, including predominately Christian areas, liberated from Daesh.

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