Lords Chamber
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Tue 17 Oct 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Con - Life peer) held in Vienna in February this year and are expected to be present at the OSCE’s autumn meeting in Armenia - Speech Link
2: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) debate at a plenary, the old arguments are always brought forward; for example, the tension between Armenia - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 12 2023

Source Page: Ongoing disruption to Lachin corridor and humanitarian consequences: UK statement at the OSCE
Document: Ongoing disruption to Lachin corridor and humanitarian consequences: UK statement at the OSCE (webpage)

Found: Act that we will see a lasting resolution to this conflict and an historic peace agreement between Armenia

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Aug. 16 2023

Source Page: The UK is deeply concerned about the ongoing disruption to aid delivery through the Lachin corridor: UK statement at the Security Council
Document: The UK is deeply concerned about the ongoing disruption to aid delivery through the Lachin corridor: UK statement at the Security Council (webpage)

Found: I also welcome the participation by Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan and the representatives of Azerbaijan

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Oct. 20 2023

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 16 October 2023
Document: Number of foreign cadets (PDF)

Found: of countries where international students have trained at BRNC Dartmouth and RMCTC Albania Antiaua Azerbaijan

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Written Question

Military Attachés

Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.

Answered by James Heappey

The Global Defence Network (GDN) utilises Resident and Non-Resident Defence Attachés (DA), who engage in Defence diplomacy in over three-quarters of the world’s nations. The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK DA is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility.

Country (NRA)	Location of DA
Angola	Mozambique - Maputo
Anguilla (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Antigua & Barbuda	Jamaica - Kingston
Armenia	Georgia – Tbilisi
Azerbaijan	Georgia – Tbilisi
Bahamas	Jamaica - Kingston
Barbados	Jamaica - Kingston
Belarus	Ukraine – Kyiv
Belize	Jamaica - Kingston
Benin	Accra - Ghana
Bermuda (British overseas territory)	USA – Washington DC
Botswana	Harare - Zimbabwe
British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Burkina Faso	Ghana - Accra
Burundi	Uganda – Kampala
Cambodia	(In process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi
Cayman Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica – Kingston
Chad	Cameroon - Yaoundé
Cuba	Mexico – Mexico City
Djibouti	Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
Dominica	Jamaica - Kingston
Dominican Republic	Jamaica - Kingston
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kampala - Uganda
Eritrea	Sana’a - Yemen (temporarily relocated to Riyadh)
Ecuador	Bogota - Colombia
Grenada	Jamaica - Kingston
Guinea	Sierra Leone – Freetown
Guyana	Jamaica - Kingston
Guatemala	Mexico – Mexico City
Guinea-Bissau	Senegal - Dakar
Haiti	Jamaica - Kingston
Hungary	Croatia - Zagreb
Iceland	Norway - Oslo
Ivory Coast	Ghana – Accra
Khartoum	Egypt - Cairo
Kosovo	Macedonia - Skopje
Kyrgyzstan	Kazakhstan – Astana
Laos	(in process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi
Lesotho	South Africa - Pretoria
Liberia	Sierra Leone - Freetown
Luxembourg	Belgium - Brussels
Malawi	Zimbabwe – Harare
Mali	Senegal - Dakar
Malta	Rome - Italy
Mauritania	Morocco – Rabat
Monaco	France – Paris
Mongolia	Japan – Tokyo
Myanmar	Thailand - Bangkok
Montserrat (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Namibia	South Africa – Pretoria
Niger	Cameroon – Yaoundé
Papua New Guinea	Australia – Canberra
Paraguay	Argentina – Buenos Aires
Peru	Colombia - Bogota
Rwanda	Uganda – Kampala
Seychelles	Kenya - Nairobi
St Kitts & Nevis	Jamaica - Kingston
St Lucia	Jamaica - Kingston
St Vincent	Jamaica - Kingston
Slovakia	Czech Rep - Prague
Slovenia	Austria – Vienna
South Sudan	Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
Switzerland	Vienna - Austria
Syria	Lebanon - Beirut
Tajikistan	Kazakhstan – Astana
Tanzania	Kenya – Nairobi
The Gambia	Senegal - Dakar
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Indonesia - Jakarta
Togo	Ghana – Accra
Tonga	Fiji – Suva
Trinidad & Tobago	Jamaica - Kingston
Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Turks & Caicos Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Uruguay	Argentina - Buenos Aires
Vanuatu	Fiji – Suva
Venezuela	Bogota - Colombia
Zambia	Zimbabwe - Harare
Supported by MOD from in the UK
Cape Verdi Islands
Congo
Gabon
Panama
Puerto Rica

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Written Question

Armenia: Azerbaijan

Monday 15th May 2023

Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent military tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan on civilian farmers in the village of Tegh.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Although we have not made a specific assessment of the impact of military tensions on civilians in Tegh, the UK Government condemns in the strongest terms any military action that puts civilian lives at risk. We continue to urge both parties to refrain from further escalation and to abide by all existing commitments.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jun. 21 2023

Source Page: 5th UK-Azerbaijan Strategic Dialogue
Document: 5th UK-Azerbaijan Strategic Dialogue (webpage)

Found: 5th UK-Azerbaijan Strategic Dialogue

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: Address by the Foreign Minister of Armenia: UK response, July 2023
Document: Address by the Foreign Minister of Armenia: UK response, July 2023 (webpage)

Found: Address by the Foreign Minister of Armenia: UK response, July 2023

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Written Question

Nagorno Karabakh: Peace Negotiations

Wednesday 21st June 2023

Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current status of peace talks between the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, since the opening of an Azerbaijani checkpoint on Hakari Bridge in the Lachin Corridor in April.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Shortly after the checkpoint was established in April, the UK Government said at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe that this could run counter to ongoing efforts to establish peace and security in the region, which have shown promise in recent weeks. The UK Government welcomes the continued participation of Armenia and Azerbaijan in negotiations to work towards settling all outstanding matters between them, and we urge them to continue to build on this momentum towards a settlement. The Minister for Europe Leo Docherty MP underlined our support for negotiations during his visit to Azerbaijan in February, and with Prime Minister Pashinyan on his visit to Armenia in May.

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