Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 24067

Japan: Foreign Relations

Tabled: 14 January 2025

Answered: 23 January 2025

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department took to support the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony in August 2024; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the non-attendance

Answer

Catherine West

We have consistently been represented at the Nagasaki peace ceremony by our Ambassador or a senior diplomat since 2010. Last year was no different: the British Embassy's Minister Counsellor Political, our second most senior diplomat in Japan at the time, ...

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