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Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon visited India to reaffirm UK commitment to a “free and open” Indo-Pacific at foreign policy conference Raisina Dialogue.
2023 to present Bishkek, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic 2020 to 2023 Kyiv, Head of UK Programmes in Ukraine 2017 to 2020 Occupied Palestinian Territories, Team Leader, Governance and Security 2015 to 2017 Bishkek, Department for International Development,...
Matthew Rous took up his appointment as HM Consul-General Guangzhou on 21 December 2014. He leads the British Government’s engagement in the six provinces of the South China region: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi. Matthew has been a...
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking translators and interpreters abroad to help British nationals find the support they need.
Stephanie Al-Qaq was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil in November 2022. Previously she was the Iran Envoy and Director of Iran and Regional Security at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Before that, Stephanie...
Officials from the United Kingdom and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay met in London for the second meeting of the Trade Dialogue
Sir David Reddaway has been British Ambassador to Turkey since 2009. He was previously Ambassador to Ireland (2006-9); High Commissioner to Canada (2003-6); a Fellow at Harvard University (2002-3); UK Special Representative for Afghanistan (2002); and Charge d’Affaires in Iran...
Dominic McAllister is Consul General at the British Consulate-General Wuhan. His principle focus is developing long-term productive UK/China partnerships. Dominic has been a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office diplomat for over 30 years serving in Former Yugoslavia, Egypt, Saudi...
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Sept 2009 - : HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Osaka July 2006: Deputy Director Trade & Investment & Head Advanced Engineering, British Embassy Tokyo Jan-May 2006: Refresher Japanese language training, FCO, London Sept 05-Jan 06: Pandemic Flu Contingency Planning Manager, FCO,...
Omar Daair was appointed as the British High Commissioner to Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi in January 2021, and started the role in July of the same year. Omar joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2002. His...
Mr Watt joined the FCO in 1977 and began his diplomatic career in the Trade Relations and Exports Department. From 1978 to 1980 he undertook full-time language training in Arabic ahead of his first posting to Abu Dhabi as Second,...
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, gave a speech at the Ash Carter Exchange in Washington DC.
Lord Ahmad was first appointed as Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations in June 2017. Lord Ahmad was Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the...
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