UK appoints new Ambassador to Azerbaijan

  10 July 2013    Read: 494
UK appoints new Ambassador to Azerbaijan
The United Kingdom has appointed a new ambassador to Azerbaijan.
APA reports quoting the website of the UK government that Mr Irfan Siddiq will take up his appointment during August 2013.

Mr Siddiq joined the FCO in 1998 and has a wide range of overseas experience in India, Egypt, the United States, Syria and Iraq. Mr Siddiq has also served as Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, working with both Jack Straw and Margaret Beckett.

On his appointment as Her Majesty`s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mr Siddiq has said: “I`m delighted to be appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is a fascinating country. It has a rich cultural heritage, a dynamic economy and is of major strategic importance. I`m looking forward to living and working in Azerbaijan, getting to know Azerbaijan and its people and further developing UK-Azerbaijan relations to best promote UK interests and values.”

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