In each of the 79 countries listed the UK currently has a resident accredited Defence Attaché/Adviser (DA). In smaller posts, a singleton DA will also act as the de facto Military Attaché/Adviser (MA), Naval Attaché/Adviser (NA) and Air Attaché/Adviser (AA) to look after single service issues in addition to wider defence matters. To spread the work load, busier posts may have one or more additional accredited attaches/advisers who are subordinate to the DA. To align with the focus of the specific defence relationship with the host country, these individuals are often styled in more than one way: either as single service attachés/advisers in their own right, or in a combined roles (such as NA/AA or MA/NA); or simply as the Deputy or Assistant Defence Attachés/Advisers (covering issues across all three services). Where single service attachés are not specified the DA performs these roles where required. A number of other countries and overseas territories are covered on a non-resident basis. The current disposition of attachés/advisers is described in the following table.
Country in which Attachés are resident Countries and Overseas Territories covered on a non—resident basis Defence Attaché (DA) (a) Military Attaché (MA) (b) Naval Attaché (NA) (c) Air Attaché (AA) (d) 1 Albania P — — — 2 Algeria Tunisia — — — 3 Argentina Uruguay, Paraguay P — — P 4 Australia Papua New Guinea P MA/AA 5 Austria Switzerland P — — 6 Bahrain P — — 7 Bangladesh P — — — 8 Barbados Grenada, St Vincent and Grenadines, St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Puerto Rico P — — — 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina P — — — 10 Brazil Venezuela P — — — 11 Brunei P — — — 12 Bulgaria P Deputy DA 13 Canada P NA/AA 14 Chile Ecuador, Bolivia P — — — 15 China1 Mongolia P P NA/AA 16 Colombia Peru, Panama P — — — 17 Congo (DRC) Angola, Congo, Gabon P — — — 18 Croatia P — — — 19 Cyprus P — — — 20 Czech Republic P — — — 21 Denmark P — — 22 Egypt P NA/AA 23 Ethiopia Djibouti P — — — 24 Finland Estonia P — — — 25 France P P P — 26 Georgia Armenia, Azerbaijan P — — 27 Germany P P NA/AA 28 Ghana Ivory Coast, Togo P — — — 29 Greece P NA/AA 30 Guatemala El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba P — — — 31 India2 P NA/AA 32 Indonesia Democratic Republic of Timor Leste P — — — 33 Iraq P — — — 34 Ireland P — — 35 Israel P NA/AA 36 Italy Malta P NA/AA 37 Jamaica Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos P — — — 38 Japan P — — — 39 Jordan P — — — 40 Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan P — — 41 Kenya Eritrea, Tanzania, Seychelles P — — 42 Korea P NA/AA — — 43 Kuwait P — — — 44 Lebanon P — — — 45 Lithuania Latvia P — — — 46 Macedonia P — — — 47 Malaysia Vietnam P Assistant DA — — 48 Morocco Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia P — — — 49 Nepal P Assistant MA 50 New Zealand Fiji, Tonga P — — — 51 Netherlands Brussels, Luxembourg P — — — 52 Nigeria P — — — 53 Norway P — — — 54 Oman P NA/AA 55 Pakistan P NA/AA 56 Poland P NA/MA 57 Portugal Cape Verde P — — — 58 Qatar P — — — 59 Romania Moldova P Assistant DA 60 Russia3 Belarus, Turkmenistan P P P P 61 Saudi Arabia P NA/AA 62 Serbia Montenegro P — — — 63 Sierra Leone Guinea, Liberia P — — — 64 Singapore P — — — 65 Slovakia Hungary P 66 South Africa Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana Mauritius P NA/AA 67 Spain P Deputy DA 68 Sri Lanka Maldives P — — — 69 Sudan P — — — 70 Sweden P — — — 71 Syria P — — — 72 Thailand P — — — 73 Turkey P NA/AA 74 Uganda Burundi, Rwanda P — — — 75 Ukraine P Deputy DA 76 United Arab Emirates P — — 77 United States of America4 Bermuda P — — — 78 Yemen P P P P 79 Zimbabwe Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia P — — — 1 Also supported by an Assistant MA. 2 Also supported by an Assistant DA. 3 Also supported by Assistant MA, Assistant MA and Assistant AA. 4 Also supported by a Deputy DA, Assistant NA, Assistant MA and Assistant AA.
The defence diplomacy network is regularly reviewed as part of the normal planning process and to meet changing foreign and defence policy priorities. The FCO decided last year to withdraw its contribution to the cost of maintaining the Attaché/Adviser network and this has necessitated such a review, which is still in progress. Decisions on any changes to the network will not be made until the summer.