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Foreign Office Minister for South Asia Lord Ahmad has commented on the agreement between Afghan leaders to form an inclusive government.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The government has announced 3 further charter flights from Bangladesh, bringing more than 900 British travellers home to the UK.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has announced 5 further flights to bring stranded British travellers home from India.
The UK has announced seven further charter flights to bring over 2,000 stranded British travellers home from India.
More than 20,000 British travellers, on 83 Government charter flights, will return to the UK from across South Asia by 7 May.
An additional 5 charter flights will bring home more than 1,250 British travellers to the UK from Bangladesh.
These will include the first UK charter flight from Karachi, which will depart on 30 April, in addition to further departures from Islamabad and Lahore.
3,600 more stranded British travellers are set to return home from India on 14 new flights chartered by the UK government.
UK announces 4 charter flights from Bangladesh to take home British travellers.
Ten charter flights, organised by the UK Government, will take around 2,500 stranded British travellers from Pakistan back to the UK.
Seventeen more charter flights from India, with a total capacity of around 4,000 passengers, will bring back more people in India who have been waiting for flights.
Lord Ahmad gave a statement on the decision to further postpone the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative conference due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Over 3,000 British travellers currently stranded in India will get home on an additional 12 charter flights which have opened for bookings today.
FCO Minister for South Asia Lord Ahmad has commented on the outcome of the Afghan presidential election last week.
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Minister Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon explained how the UK prioritises promoting and protecting human rights.
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon issued a statement to mark the end of the 35th Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
The UK joins 33 other states to adopt a renewed commitment following an International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance meeting.
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon gave the UK government's statement, on justice and accountability, at the 18th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties.
Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN & South Asia has travelled to Japan to represent the UK at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia, at the Security Council open debate on peace-building and sustaining peace.
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