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British High Commissioner answers questions from Sri Lanka and the Maldives

The British High Commission in Colombo published the 16th video in the ‘Ask the High Commissioner’ series today.

• From: British High Commission Colombo and British High Commission Malé
• Published: 7 May 2013

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H E John Rankin

In this video, H E John Rankin, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, answers questions on the UK’s interest on Maldives human rights situation and the UK visa process.

Ask the High Commissioner: 16th video

The British High Commission in Colombo launched this video series in order to increase engagement with the public on issues pertaining to the UK’s relations with Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The video is uploaded to the FCO YouTube page and featured on the British High Commission websites and the other social media channels.

People are invited to submit their questions for the videos through the following methods:

• Post a query on the wall of the BHC Facebook page with the subject “Ask the High Commissioner”;
• Tweet a question to the @UKinsrilanka and @UKinmaldives twitter channels with the hashtag #asktheHC or
• Send an email to Colombo.General@fco.gov.uk with the subject “Ask the High Commissioner”.

Published 7 May 2013