§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from which non-EU countries' governments inward visits to the UK are planned in the next three months. [189305]
§ Mr. RammellThe President of Korea Mr. Roh Moohyun accompanied by Mrs. Roh Moo-hyun will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom in December.
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India arrived in the United Kingdom on 15 September for a two-day visit as a Guest of Her Majesty's Government. No other non-EU Guest of Government visits are planned within the next three months.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also sponsors visits which enable influential individuals, e.g. Parliamentarians, and public servants to carry out a 1837W working programme in their area of expertise. The full programme of visits for the next three months is not yet fixed but is expected to include visitors from China, Nigeria, Taiwan, Argentina, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Gambia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries, South Africa, Sudan, Japan, India, Zambia, Russia, Pakistan, Bolivia, Uruguay, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Mauritius, Ghana, Tanzania, USA, Peru and Philippines.