Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to the officials for being with us today.
In 2009, the Honduran army overthrew the democratically elected government of president Manuel Zelaya. Following the coup, the military government suspended key civil liberties, including freedom of the press, expression, and assembly; responded with violence to peaceful demonstrations of citizens, causing injuries, deaths, and thousands of arbitrary detentions; shut down media outlets; and kidnapped and murdered political opponents. Mere months later, in January 2010, the coup leaders were installed in an election that was overwhelmingly described as illegitimate, and condemned by all Latin American nations, the European Union, the United States, and the General Assembly of the United Nations.
That is a government that was in place until October 2013. Can you tell me if DFAIT conducted negotiations with that Honduran government from 2009 onwards?