Question follow-through · 90534
Palestine: Diplomatic Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help establish diplomatic relations with Palestine.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help establish diplomatic relations with Palestine.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary has exchanged letters with Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, formally establishing diplomatic relations with Palestine.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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