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Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston begins a three-day visit to India and Bangladesh
Nick Low is the British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata. He joined office on 16 October 2019 and represents the UK in the 13 Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland,...
Andrew Fleming is the British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata. Prior to arriving in Kolkata, Andrew Fleming served as British Deputy High Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 5 years and then as Officer on Special Temporary Duty in...
Tom Tugendhat is in New Delhi discussing the UK and India's joint work to fight extremism and will travel to Kolkata for G20 anti-corruption talks on Saturday.
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Sanjay Wadvani is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in July 1987. He has broad experience from several overseas postings, including China, India, the Middle East and South America, as well as a strong background...
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John Hamilton was recently appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Turkmenistan. More recently, he worked at the British High Commission in Kenya as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. John has spent much of his...
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Mr Scott Furssedonn-Wood MVO was appointed British High Commissioner to Barbados, and non-resident High Commissioner to Dominica, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia and St Christopher & Nevis in April 2021. Prior to this posting,...
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