HC Deb 20 October 1992 vol 212 c252W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries in which there is no British embassy or high commission.

Mr. Goodlad

There is no British embassy, high commission or other resident representation staffed from the United Kingdom in the following countries, although members of the diplomatic service are accredited to and visit the majority of them:

Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Lichtenstein, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Island, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, Niger, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Surinam, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan and Western Samoa.
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take the necessary action to close the embassy in London of the former Yugoslavia; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

No. There are good reasons for maintaining contact with the authorities in Belgrade.