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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) embassies, (b) high commissions, (c) consulates and (d) trade and investment offices his Department has in (i) the Federated States of Micronesia, (ii) the Solomon Islands, (iii) the Marshall Islands, (iv) Nauru, (v) Kiribati, (vi) Tuvalu, (vii) Vanuatu, (viii) Fiji, (ix) Tonga, (x) Palau and (xi) Samoa; what the staff numbers are for each; and if he will make a statement. [37296] Mr. MacShane: The UK has High Commission offices in Fiji, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, and also in Papua New Guinea. The number of staff (including both UK-based and locally engaged staff) in each are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fiji 18 Kiribati 1 Papua New Guinea 12 Solomon Islands 6 Tonga 4 Vanuatu 9{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Three part-time. The Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu are covered by our High Commission in Fiji, and Samoa by our High Commission in Wellington. We value our links with the island states of the South Pacific and are committed to working with them, particularly where we have resident representation, towards enhanced economic sustainability and governance, and stronger civil society. Our opening of a High Commission office in Kiribati in January has strengthened our ability to do this.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

37296; 380 c1310-1W;380 c1312-3W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Diplomatic service Staff Diplomatic relations Embassies Tonga Fiji Solomon Islands Marshall Islands Naoero Kiribati Vanuatu Tuvalu Palau Samoa Micronesia

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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