Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagement by the embassy in Mexico on the human rights situation relating to the recent Honduras election. [14081/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Diplomatic relations with Honduras are maintained through our Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and our Embassy in Mexico is not accredited to Honduras.Officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade have been closely monitoring developments in Honduras following elections which took place there on 26 November, 2017. Officials have been in contact with the European External Action Service, which works through its delegation in Tegucigalpa, and have also met with human rights defenders and civil society organisations active in that country.

I am glad of this opportunity to condemn unreservedly the loss of life in the aftermath of those elections and wish to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims.