Proceeding contribution from Lord Jay of Ewelme (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 6 February 2012. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Syria.
Syria
My Lords, I join others in paying tribute to our ambassador and his staff and their families in Damascus who are doing an extraordinarily good job in very difficult circumstances. In that context, will the Minister confirm that our ambassador has been withdrawn only for consultations and will soon be back in Damascus? It has always struck me as a curious diplomatic convention to withdraw ambassadors from post when situations get bad, which is precisely the moment when they can be the most use.
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- 735 c45
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- 2010-12
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- Demonstrations Diplomatic service China Human rights Politics and government Violence UN resolutions Sanctions Russia Syria UN Security Council League of Arab States
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