OT 313: Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

 

 

 

St Helena Airport Project

 

Thank you for your letter of 5 February 2009.

 

As you are aware, the Department for International Development is responsible for the St Helena Air Access Project and Douglas Alexander has responded to the points you raised in your letter to him on that subject.

 

I can only add that I remain committed to the partnership principles set out in our 1999 White Paper on the Overseas Territories. As with all other Territories, I therefore want to see St Helena move forward in a positive way. The commitment to helping it achieve sustainable development remains, and my Department will continue to work with DFID and others on that agenda.

 

 

28 February 2009