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Before the formation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the region known as the Trucial States was under a British protectorate, with the United States having very limited relations with the individual sheikdoms. [1]
The kingdom of the Siamese has been known to the West since 1430; when the Italian Niccolò de' Conti first visited Tenasserim, then part of the Kingdom of Sukhothai. [2] The first known Briton recorded to have set foot in the area that is now modern Thailand was Ralph Fitch who arrived in Chiang Mai (referred to as Lamahey in his account) in 1586. [3]
During their time hiding at the building, the hiding RAM rebels later smashed the embassy's office windows. On 12 September 2002, the British embassy, along with the other offices housed in the building, were briefly evacuated after a company employee received a call that they were going to bomb the embassy.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paris is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in France. It is located on one of the most famous streets in France, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
The embassy began offering free English-language education and job training to North Korean defectors in May 2011. [3] In August 2017, the embassy returned part of the land it owned on the street along the Deoksu Palace to create a pedestrian path. [4]
The original embassy was built in 1962, to the designs of Eric Bedford, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Building and Works. [2] It was ransacked on 16 September 1963 when anti-British sentiment led to attacks on both the British and Malaysian Embassies. [3]
Diplomatic missions in Maldives. This article lists diplomatic missions resident in Maldives.The capital, Malé, hosts 11 embassies/high commissions.Several other countries have accredited ambassadors resident in other capitals or major cities in the region.
The British Embassy's front gate, as seen from Merrion Road. By contrast, the Irish High Commission (now the Embassy of Ireland) in London was established as early as 1923. [3] It was not until 1939 that a separate mission, known as the British Representative's Office, was finally established. [4]