Written questions

Mali: Politics and Government

Commons · Question 91991 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Mali following reports of Jamat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin encircling Bamako and imposing a fuel blockade; an

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 26 Nov 2025

The continued terrorist fuel blockade is deeply concerning for Mali, and for the wider region, and we condemn its impact on civilians. The Foreign Secretary wrote to Foreign Minister Diop on 6 November, and the Minister for International Development and A...