Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 30866

Democratic Republic of Congo: Minerals

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 21 February 2025

Question

Patricia Ferguson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of (a) trends in the level of (i) gold, (ii) coltan and (iii) other conflict minerals being exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Con

Answer

Anneliese Dodds

We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressing...

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