Britain has threatened countries that ban homosexuality with losing aid payments unless they reform, David Cameron has said.
But he conceded that “deep prejudices” in some countries meant the problem would persist for years.
The prime minister said he had raised the issue with leaders of some of the states involved when he attended the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Australia.
Britain was “putting the pressure on”, he said. But it was not a problem that would be solved by the time Commonwealth leaders are next due to meet, in Sri Lanka in 2013.
Cameron warned Sri Lanka to improve its human rights record or face boycotts of the 2013 summit. He declined to discuss whether the UK could stay away but said he shared a “similar view” to that of the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who has said he will not attend.
Ending bans on homosexuality was one of the recommendations of a highly critical internal report on the future relevance of the Commonwealth, written by experts from across the member nations.
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