Commonwealth of Independent States (Hansard, 5 May 1993)

HC Deb 05 May 1993 vol 224 c139W 139W

§ Mr. Whittingdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the number of United Kingdom representatives in each of the constituent nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

§ Mr. Goodlad
The numbers of United Kingdom-based staff are as follows:

Number

Ukraine 19

Moscow 83

St. Petersburg 7

Kazakhstan 3

We propose to open posts in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Belarus shortly. The other countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States are covered by United Kingdom staff based in Moscow.