Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been (1) received, and (2) accepted, by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs for a meeting with a foreign affairs minister from another government in each of the past 12 months; from which governments they have received such a request; and when any such meetings (a) occurred, and (b) are due to take place.

Meetings between Ministerial departments and their international counterparts are a regular part of Government business.

For security and diplomatic reasons we do not routinely publish details of these meetings.