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FCO Minister to answer your questions on Bahrain via twitter

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt will answer your questions on Bahrain live via twitter on 8 April.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Alistair Burt
• Published: 2 April 2013

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Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, visited Bahrain on 11-12 March 2013 and took part in the inaugural meeting of the UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. Discussions covered human rights and Bahrain’s reform programme, trade and investment and cooperation on security and counter-terrorism.

The Minister continues to follow the situation in Bahrain closely and remains supportive of the reforms already underway. Progress has been made in a number of areas, but there is still more to be done.

Following his visit Alistair Burt will answer your questions on Bahrain live via twitter on 8 April 11.00 – 11.45 (BST). You can submit questions using the hashtag #askFCO and you can follow the Minister on twitter @AlistairBurtFCO.

Further Information

Find out more about Alistair Burt’s visit to Bahrain

Follow Alistair Burt on twitter @AlistairBurtFCO

Published 2 April 2013