{"id":109754,"date":"2024-10-16T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109754\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"uk-introduces-new-head-of-mission-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109754\/","title":{"rendered":"UK introduces new head of mission in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The UK foreign office has announced that David Ward arrived in Minsk to take up his appointment as charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires a.i. in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes after Jacqueline Perkins, the UK ambassador in Minsk since September 2019, completed her tenure. London reduced its diplomatic presence in Belarus as many European governments tended to see it as Russia&#8217;s puppet state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward joined the foreign office in 1992. He has held overseas posts in China, Afghanistan, Libya, Japan and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before coming to Belarus, Ward was high commissioner to Samoa, an island nation in Polynesia that is a member of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His foreign languages include French, German, Japanese, Mandarin and Nepali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/perkins-greenbelarus.info_.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">British ambassador completing her tenure in Minsk \u2013 reports<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 16, Pozirk. Jacqueline Perkins, the United Kingdom&#039;s Ambassador in Minsk since September 2019, will soon complete her tenure in Minsk. The Council of the Republic reported that she had met with Siarhiej Alejnik, a former foreign minister and currently &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/100810\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, Pozirk. The UK foreign office has announced that David Ward arrived in Minsk to take up his appointment as charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires a.i. in September. The announcement comes after Jacqueline Perkins, the UK ambassador in Minsk since September 2019, completed her tenure. London reduced its diplomatic presence in Belarus as many European governments tended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":54287,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-109754","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK introduces new head of mission in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 16, Pozirk. 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