The diplomatic foreign relations of the United Kingdom are conducted by the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,headed by the Foreign Secretary. The prime minister and numerous other agencies play a role in setting policy,and many institutions and businesses have a voice and a role.
After independence in 1964 the foreign relations of Zambia were mostly focused on supporting liberation movements in other countries in Southern Africa,such as the African National Congress and SWAPO. During the Cold War Zambia was a member of the Non-Aligned Movement.
David George Hamilton Frost,Baron Frost is a former British diplomat,civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.
China–Lithuanian relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the People's Republic of China (China) and Lithuania. The PRC has a chargéd'affaires in Vilnius. In December 2021,Lithuania closed its embassy in Beijing.
A de facto embassy is an office or organisation that serves de facto as an embassy in the absence of normal or official diplomatic relations among countries,usually to represent nations which lack full diplomatic recognition,regions or dependencies of countries,or territories over which sovereignty is disputed. In some cases,diplomatic immunity and extraterritoriality may be granted.
British Office Taipei,formerly British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO),is the representative office of the United Kingdom Government in Taiwan with a principal role to promote the British trade and investment interests. It functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations between London and Taipei.
Brian John Davidson is a British diplomat who is the British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao as of July 2021.
Cicely Elizabeth Mayhew,Baroness Mayhew was a British diplomat. She was the second woman to work for the British Foreign Office,and its first female diplomat.
Thomas Henry Carter is a British diplomat who was the British ambassador to Guatemala from 2015 to 2017.
The British Consulate-General in Osaka is the diplomatic mission responsible for representing the Government of the United Kingdom in Western Japan.
Richard Oppenheim is a British diplomat who is the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Yemen from August 2021 to July 2023. Previously,he was the UK's Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
