§ Mr. Waltersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Saudi Arabian Government about the reported punishment of flogging administered to two British subjects in Saudi Arabia.
§ Mr. JuddThe British Embassy made representations both to the local Governor and to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior after the sentences of imprisonment and caning were passed on Mr. Maidment and Mr. Cooper. After the sentence of the caning had been carried out the Embassy made further representations to the Ministry expressing our concern both about Mr. Maidment and Mr. Cooper and about the other seven British citizens now facing similar sentences. We are still in touch with the Saudi Government.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries in which Her Majesty's Government do not have an accredited ambassador for political rather than economic reasons; and, in each case, if he will indicate why.
§ Mr. TomlinsonHer Majesty's Government does not have an accredited ambassador, for political reasons, in the following States:
The People's Republic of Albania
The reason is as set out in the reply by my hon. Friend today to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Mr. Newens).The Argentine Republic
Following the deterioration in our relations with Argentina and the recall of the Argentine Ambassador in London, the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires was withdrawn in January 1976.The Republic of Chile
83WOur ambassador was withdrawn in December 1975 in protest over the treatment while in detention of Dr. Sheila Cassidy.The Republic of the Comoros
We are awaiting further information about the new regime which came to power in the Republic of the Comoros on 12th-13th May 1978 before considering recognition.Democratic Kampuchea
We do not have an ambassador accredited to Democratic Kampuchea, as my hon. Friend explained in the House on 9th November 1977—[Vol. 938, c. 650]—because of our continuing concern over Cambodian violations of human rights.The Republic of Uganda
Diplomatic relations with the Republic of Uganda were broken off on 28th June 1976, when it became impossible for the high commissioner to discharge his normal duties.We do not accredit ambassadors to any country which we do not recognise as
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Staff United Kingdom-appointed Locally engaged Gross expenditure £'000 NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN Argentine 3 18 307 Brazil 13 32 1,097 Canada 2 6 316 Chile 3 10 314 Colombia 3 17 253 Mexico 4 10 389 Peru 3 10 283 United States of America 2 — 194 Venezuela 5 23 746 Other regional expenditure — — 300 FAR EAST, SOUTH EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA Australia 2 8 299 Burma — — 94* Hong Kong 1 21 430 Indonesia 9 44 716 Japan 5 36 901 Korea 1 7 148 Malaysia 9 52 744 New Zealand 1 2 100 Philippines — — 136* Singapore 3 11 230 Thailand 6 29 483 Other regional expenditure — — 323 SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan 2 11 202 Bangladesh 5 50 459 India 19 318 2,286 Nepal 3 22 224 Pakistan 7 132 795 Sri Lanka 3 45 388 Other regional expenditure — — 6 WESTERN EUROPE Austria 3 14 391 Belgium 3 12 397 Cyprus 2 17 264 Denmark 2 10 209 Finland 2 8 205 France 7 39 1,186 Federal Republic of Germany 12 57 1,658 Greece 5 45 831 Italy 8 50 1,549 Malta 1 12 137 Netherlands 3 14 448 being a state. As to Southern Rhodesia, we withdrew our high commissioner in 1965 and Security Council Resolution No. 277 (1970) required member States to sever all diplomatic relations that they had with the illegal regime and to terminate any representation that they maintained there.