Questions
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To ask Her Majesty's Government which of the current British ambassadors, deputy heads of missions or chargés d'affaires posted to central Asia have conversational fluency in (a) Azeri, (b) Kazakh, (c) Kyrgyz, (d) Tajik, (e) Turkmen, (f) Uzbek, or (g) Russian. [HL6025]
Current British ambassadors, deputy heads of mission (DHM) and charge d'affaires with fluency in the above languages are HMA Astana, C2 level Russian; HMA Dushanbe, C2 level Russian and DHM Dushanbe, C 1 level Russian.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign and Commonwealth Office heads of missions eligible to serve in central Asia are fluent in (a) Azeri, (b) Kazakh, (c) Kyrgyz, (d) Tajik, (e) Turkmen, (f) Uzbek, and (g) Russian; and where those officials are currently serving. [HL6026]
The number of FCO officials fluent in each language is as follows:
Azeri, 4;
Kazakh, 0;
Kyrgyz, 0;
Turkmen, 0;
Uzbek, 0;
Dari (for Tajik), 2;
Farsi (for Tajik), 12; and
Russian, 99.
The table below gives the location of these officers:
Language No. of speakers Current location Azeri 4 Moscow, Quito, UK (2) Kazakh 0 Kyrgyz (Kirghiz) 0 Turkmen 0 Uzbek 0 Dari (for Tajik) 2 Kabul, UK Farsi (for Tajik) 12 Algiers, Ankara, Canberra, Kabul, Kuwait, Tehran, Washington, UK (2), SUPL (2), Outward Loan Russian 99 Addis Ababa, Astana (3), Baku, Banjul, Beijing, Belgrade (2), Brussels (Emb), Brussels (UKRep), Budapest, Chisinau, Dushanbe, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Istanbul, Kiev, Los Angeles, Maputo, Moscow (15), New Delhi, Oslo, Paris (Emb), Podgorica, Prague, Quito, Riga, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi (4), The Hague, Tokyo (2), Vienna (Emb), Vienna (OSCE), Vilnius, Washington, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan, UK (30), EOTL (2), SUPL (5), Outward Loan (4)