§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 15 May 2003,Official Report, column 329W, on defence attachés, how many defence attachés are in place in each of the locations listed. [118656]
§ Mir. CaplinA total of 128 UK defence attachés/ advisers are currently deployed in 82 locations as follows:
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Country City Number of attachés at post Albania Tirana 1 Army Angola Luanda 1 Army Argentina Buenos Aires 2 (1 Army, 1 RAF) Australia Canberra 2(1 RN, 1 RAF) Austria Vienna 1 Army Bahrain Manama 1 RN Barbados Bridgetown 1 RN Belgium Brussels 1 RAF Brazil Brasilia 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 1 RN Bulgaria Sofia 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Canada Ottawa 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Chile Santiago 1 Army China Beijing 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Colombia Bogota 1 Army Congo DRC Kinshasa 1 Army Croatia Zagreb 1 Army Cyprus Nicosia 1 Army Czech Republic Prague 2 (1 Army, 1 RAF) Denmark Copenhagen 1 RN Egypt Cairo 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1 Army Finland Helsinki 1 Army France Paris 3 (1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) Georgia Tbilisi 1 RAF Germany Berlin 4 (1 RN, 2 Army, 1 RAF) Ghana Accra 1 Army Greece Athens 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Guatemala Guatemala City 1 Army Hungary Budapest 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) India New Delhi 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Indonesia Jakarta 1 Army Ireland Dublin 1 Army Israel Tel Aviv 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Italy Rome 3(1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) Jamaica Kingston 1 Army Japan Toky 1 RN Jordan Amman 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Kazakhstan Almaty 1 Army Kenya Nairobi 1 Army Korea Seoul 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Kuwait Kuwait City 1 Army Latvia Riga 1 Army Lebanon Beirut 1 Army Lithuania Vilnius 1 Army Macedonia Skopje 1 Army Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2(1 RN, 1 Army)
Country City Number of attachés at post Morocco Rabat 1 Army Nepal Kathmandu 1 Army Netherlands The Hague 1 RN New Zealand Wellington 1 Army Nigeria Abuja 1 Army Norway Oslo 1 Army Oman Muscat 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Pakistan Islamabad 2(1 RN, 1 Army) Philippines Manila 1 Army Poland Warsaw 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Portugal Lisbon 1 RN Qatar Doha 1 RAF Romania Bucharest 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Russia Moscow 6(2 RN, 2 Army, 2 RAF) Saudi Arabia Riyadh 3(1 RN, 1 Army, 1 RAF) Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade 1 Army Sierra Leone Freetown 1 Army Singapore Singapore 2(1RN, 1 RAF) Slovak Republic Bratislava 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Slovenia Ljubljana 1 Army South Africa Pretoria 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Spain Madrid 2(1RN, 1 RAF) Sri Lanka Colombo 1 Army Sweden Stockholm 1 RAF Switzerland Berne 1 Army Syria Damascus 1 Army Thailand Bangkok 1 Army Turkey Ankara 2(1 Army, 1 RAF) Uganda Kampala 1 Army Ukraine Kyiv 2(1 RN, 1 Army) United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1 Army USA Washington 8(3 RN, 3 Army, 2 RAF) Uzbekistan Tashkent 1 Army Venezuela Caracas 1 RN Zimbabwe Harare 1 Army There are a total of four officers (two RN, two RAF) employed in Canada, Russia, India and USA as office managers; these are not accredited diplomatic posts.