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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


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: (PDF)

Found: Mozambique Madagacar Afghanistan Haiti ‘BETA’ Default score 2Burkina Faso Uganda Zimbabwe Angola


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: 2021 evaluation of BII’s financial institutions portfolio (PDF, 7.6 MB) (PDF)

Found: Nigeria and Angola) are specifically more constrained by their limited forex liquidity (accounting for


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: entities (a “*” indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 12 2024

Source Page: British Embassy Oman Campaign Goal 3: Evaluation
Document: ODA-eligible countries (PDF, 640 KB) (PDF)

Found: COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH ARE NOT LDCs (per capita GNI $4 466 - $13 845 in 2022) Afghanistan (L) Angola


Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 08 2024

Source Page: Call for comments: draft risk management evaluation of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2024
Document: Chlorpyrifos draft risk management evaluation – additional information (PDF)

Found: 3 Although not explicitly stated, it is understood this refers to the volume of the product. 4 Angola


Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 08 2024

Source Page: Call for comments: draft risk management evaluation of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: Legal Document/Regulatory Authority Notes Angola Unknown Unclear which uses/crops Unknown Unclear which


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Friend, who is the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Angola, Zambia and Ethiopia, and members of the Westminster - Speech Link


Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Minutes)
Published: 7th Mar 2024
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities
Document: Minute of Meeting for 7 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: English language centre which may not be available in their city or even country e.g. students from Angola


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

Mar. 06 2024

Source Page: Hynet Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Storage Project - Offshore
Document: Environmental Statement - Volume 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: dolphin ( Stenella fron talis) due to seismic exploration was recorded during a ten -month study off Angola