HC Deb 22 May 1990 vol 173 cc110-2W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the dates on which diplomatic relations with any member state of the United Nations were severed, indicating in each case whether it was Britain or the country concerned which severed the relations.

Mr. Sainsbury

Following is the information:

Cases in which the United Kingdom has initiated a break in diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom since 1946
Country Dates
1. Albania 1946 —
2. Uganda 28 July 1976 21 April 1979
3. Argentina 2 April 1982 19 February 1990
4. Libya 30 April 1984 —
5. Syria 31 October 1986 —
6. Cambodia 6 December 1979 —

Cases in which other countries initiated a break in diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom since 1946
Country Dates
1. Iran 1951 December 1952
7 March 1989 —
2. Saudi Arabia 17 November 1956 28 July 1963
3. Yemen 16 February 1963 December 1967
4. Somali Republic 18 March 1963 4 January 1968
5. Guatemala Reduced to consular level 31 July 1963
Consular relations broken September 1981
Resumed August 1986
Full diplomatic relations resumed December 1986

Country Dates
6. Algeria 18 December 1965 10 April 1968
7. Congo (Brazzaville) 16 December 1965 10 April 1968
8. Ghana 16 December 1965 5 March 1966
9. Guinea 15 December 1965 20 February 1968
10. Mali 16 December 1965 10 April 1968
11. Mauritania 17 December 1965 10 April 1968
12. Sudan 18 December 1965 6 June 1967 16 April 1966 25 January 1968
13. Tanzania 15 December 1965 4 July 1968
14. UAR 17 December 1965 1956 12 December 1967 1959
15. Iraq 8 June 1967 1 December 1967 1 May 1968 resumed by 5 September 1974
16. Syria 6 June 1967 28 May 1973
17. Iceland 19 February 1976 2 June 1976

Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries with which Britain has diplomatic relations but where there is no resident ambassador in the country to which he is accredited, indicating in each case where the ambassador resides.

Mr. Sainsbury

We have full diplomatic relations on a non-resident basis with the following countries (the country of residence of Her Majesty's ambassador/high commissioner is shown in parentheses after each):

  • Antigua and Barbuda (Barbados)
  • Benin (Nigeria)
  • Burkina (Ivory Coast)
  • Burundi (Zaire)
  • Cape Verde (Senegal)
  • Central African Republic (Cameroon)
  • Chad (London)
  • Comoros (Mauritius)
  • Djibouti (Yemen, North)
  • Commonwealth of Dominica (Barbados)
  • Dominican Republic (Venezuela)
  • El Salvador (Honduras)
  • Equatorial Guinea (Cameroon)
  • Grenada (Barbados)
  • Guinea (Senegal)
  • Guinea-Bissau (Senegal)
  • Haiti (Jamaica)
  • Laos (Thailand)
  • Maldives (Sri Lanka)
  • Mali (Senegal)
  • Mauritania (Senegal)
  • Nauru (Fiji)
  • Nicaragua (Costa Rica)
  • Niger (Ivory Coast)
  • Rwanda (Zaire)
  • St. Kitts, Nevis (Barbados)
  • St. Lucia (Barbados)
  • St. Vincent and The Grenadines (Barbados)
  • Sao Tome (Angola)
  • Surinam (Guyana)
  • Togo (Ghana)
  • Tuvalu (Fiji)
  • Western Samoa (New Zealand)

Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the member states of the United Nations Organisation with which the United Kingdom does not have diplomatic relations.

Mr. Sainsbury

The following is the information:

  • Albania
  • Bhutan
  • Cambodia
  • Iran
  • Libya
  • Syria