PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Afghanistan: Foreign Relations (9 November 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met (a) the Afghan ambassador to the UK or (b) other representatives of the Afghan government.

Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour)

Answer

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) most recently met with Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah at the UN General Assembly in New York on 28 September 2015.

The Embassy of Afghanistan in London has been without an Ambassador since 23 March 2015, but Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials are in regular contact with Afghan Embassy representatives, including the Chargé d’Affaires Mr Siamak Herawi.


Answered by:
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Conservative)
16 November 2015

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