Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08 - Foreign Affairs Committee Contents


Letter to Rt Hon Lord Malloch Brown, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office from the Chairman of the Committee

  I am writing to inquire about the current state of UK diplomatic representation in the Gabonese Republic. Yesterday I met a visiting IPU delegation from Gabon. They expressed concern that there is currently no UK representation at all in their country, although they maintain a full embassy in London. I was told that after our embassy closed in 1990, for a time there was an honorary consul, but even he is no longer in post. The visitors argued that this lack of representation is disadvantageous for both countries; and suggested that at the least a "British interests section" should be set up in another embassy. I would be grateful to receive the FCO's comments on this matter.

Mike Gapes MP

Chairman of the Committee

28 November 2007





 
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