Oded Basyuk
Commons · Question 26215 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Brian Leishman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli Major General Oded Basyuk and his delegation were granted special mission diplomatic immunity for the visit.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 31 Jan 2025
Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement by the former Foreign Secretary dated 4 March 2013, a special mission is a ...