141020 - Bangladesh: Elections (Answered)

Mrs Anne Main
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Bangladesh Government at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London on ensuring free and fair elections in that country.

Mark Field

​I met Foreign Minister Ali on 19 April in the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and during a 30 minute long meeting we discussed amongst other issues the importance of free, fair and participatory elections in Bangladesh.