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date	13/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA: Asia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the United States administration’s vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific; and what assessment they have made of the risks and benefits of such a policy.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK has held discussions with the US on their Indo-Pacific strategy. The Prime Minister also discussed Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy during her visit to Japan in November 2017.</p><p>The UK welcomes the US commitment to a transparent, rules-based international system and support for free and open access to the oceans in accordance with international law. The government also believes there is significant scope for improving regional connectivity, specifically through greater infrastructure investment. The UK will continue to engage as these initiatives develop further to maximise the benefits for the region and the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/03/2018 14:48:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

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date	13/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Russian Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fluent Russian speakers have been trained or recruited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) since November 2016; and how many fluent Russian speakers are employed by the FCO.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL6307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Russian is a priority language for the FCO. Where required, officers undertake up to 14 months full time language training to reach C1 Operational level as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), an international standard to describe language ability. Since November 2016 a total of 64 officers have undertaken or are undergoing Russian language training. The FCO has 212 employees registered with some level of Russian, 83 of which have reached C1 or above (as of December 2017).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/03/2018 14:38:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian