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Chief Minister welcomes new UK Minister for the Overseas Territories

Chief Minister welcomes new UK Minister for the Overseas Territories

The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo KC MP, today took part in the first meeting between the elected leaders of the British Overseas Territories and the new UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, Uma Kumaran MP.

The meeting was convened by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association. Ms Kumaran succeeds Stephen Doughty MP, who is now Minister of State at the FCDO for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo KC MP, said:

“I thank Minister Doughty for his Rock-solid support during our Treaty negotiations and I welcome Minister Kumaran to her new role and wish her well. I look forward to working with her, as I have with her predecessors, in the interests of Gibraltar and of the Overseas Territories.”