Central America: Diplomatic Service

(asked on 13th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to review the level of limited diplomatic representations of the UK in Central America.


Answered by
Alan Duncan Portrait
Alan Duncan
This question was answered on 21st October 2016

The UK Government's links with the Central American region are strong and were enhanced in 2012 following the then Government's decision to reopen our Embassy in El Salvador. We have Embassies located in five of the seven Central American countries - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. We also have Honorary Counsuls in Nicaragua and Honduras.

Our Ambassadors to Guatemala and Costa Rica are non-resident Ambassadors to Honduras and Nicaragua respectively. They and their staff in Guatemala City and San José visit Honduras and Nicaragua regularly and engage across the full range of our interests in the region. While we keep our diplomatic network under review, there are currently no plans to change the UK's diplomatic footprint in Central America.

I look forward to meeting my counterparts from across Central America at the EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Foreign Ministers meeting in the Dominican Republic on 25-26 October.

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