Eritrea (British Embassy)

HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 c72W

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will remove responsibility for Eritrean affairs from the British Embassy in Addis Ababa. [47382]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

The responsibility for Britain's foreign policy towards Eritrea remains with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There are no plans to replace the British Embassy in Addis Ababa as the superintending mission for the British Consulate in Asmara.