DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has to open new UK diplomatic posts overseas by 2015. [141771]
Mr Lidington, Minister of State: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has announced plans to open the following UK diplomatic posts overseas by 2015, in addition to the posts opened since 2010. Details of further posts will be announced once planning is finalised and formal approval has been granted by the host Governments.
| Post | Country | Type |
| Asuncion | Paraguay | New Embassy |
| Chandigarh | India | New Deputy High Commission |
| Mogadishu | Somalia | New Embassy |
| Monrovia | Liberia | Upgrade Political Office to Embassy |
| Port au Prince | Haiti | New Embassy |