To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implications of the moral and ethical principles of his foreign policy for relations with Kenya. [11292]

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave him on 2 June, Official Report, column 81. We will treat respect for human rights as an important element in determining our overall relationship with Kenya. I underlined to the Kenyan Government and opposition the importance we attach to free and fair elections when I visited the country from 25 to 28 June. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development made clear on 16 July, Official Report, column 195, we will take account of further developments in this respect in deciding on future development assistance to Kenya. We have condemned the recent violence in Kenya and continue to urge all concerned to agree through peaceful dialogue on how the necessary conditions for free and fair elections can be established.