Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Asia and the Middle East)

Organisations: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

• Middle East
• East Asia (including Great Britain-China Centre)
• Australia and New Zealand
• Overseas Territories (including Falkland Islands)
• British International Investment (BII)
• economic cooperation and growth
• science and technology
• development
• International Development Strategy and Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations (until publication)
• migration and de-mining
• global health
• COVID-19
• stakeholder engagement (including Wilton Park and British Council)

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling

   2022 to 2022

Announcements

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• Fifth anniversary of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: UK statement
  • 25 August 2022
  • Press release
• The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP gives speech at British High Commission in New Zealand
  • 16 August 2022
  • Speech
• UK announces agreement to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia and scale-up security and development links
  • 04 August 2022
  • Press release
• ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership: plan of action 2022 to 2026
  • 04 August 2022
  • Policy paper
• UK steps up support to prevent major oil spill off the coast of Yemen
  • 18 July 2022
  • Press release
• Cross-border aid into Syria: Minister for Asia and the Middle East's statement, July 2022
  • 12 July 2022
  • Press release
• Middle East Minister visits Gulf to deepen economic ties
  • 07 July 2022
  • Press release
• Fourth UK-Thailand Strategic Dialogue, 2022
  • 01 July 2022
  • Policy paper
• UK Minister announces £95 million UK aid support for vulnerable Jordanians and refugees
  • 30 June 2022
  • Press release
• Minister for Asia and the Middle East visits Israel, the OPTs and Jordan
  • 27 June 2022
  • Press release

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