{"id":192095,"date":"2026-06-16T17:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192095\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:34:21","slug":"london-appoints-new-charge-daffaires-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192095\/","title":{"rendered":"London appoints new charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 16, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>William Longhurst will take over as charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at the British embassy in Minsk in July, succeeding David Ward, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward became the charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires in October 2024, 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\u2019s puppet state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longhurst joined the diplomatic service in 1990. He had held overseas posts in South Korea, Japan, the United States and Serbia. From 2014 to 2018, he served as UK ambassador to Cambodia. Before his appointment to Belarus, he was deputy head of mission in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His foreign languages include Serbian, German and Russian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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