International Relations Office January 2024 Annex Visits 01/04/23 to 31/01/24 Inward Visits • Tuesday 18 April: Ambassador of Mexico, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP • Wednesday 19 April: Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP 6 • Tuesday 25 April: President and Clerk of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Tasmania, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Members and officials • Thursday 27 April: Ambassador of Guatemala, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP • Tuesday 2 May: Speaker and Clerk of the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Tasmania, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Members and officials • Thursday 4 May: Acting Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Members and officials • Tuesday 9 May – Thursday 11 May: Officials from the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, meeting with Members and officials • Wednesday 10 May: Consul General of Türkiye, meeting with Presiding Officer • Wednesday 10 May: Consul General of China, meeting with Presiding Officer • Tuesday 16 May: Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, meeting with Members and officials • Thursday 17 May: Ambassador of Palestine, meeting with Presiding Officer • Wednesday 17 & Thursday 18 May: Speaker of Malawi, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officers, Members and officials • Tuesday 23 May: Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, meeting with Presiding Officer, Members and officials • Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 May: Officials from the National Assembly of Serbia, meetings with officials • Tuesday 30 May: High Commissioner of New Zealand, meeting with Presiding Officer • Wednesday 31 May: Ambassador of Italy, meeting with Presiding Officer • Thursday 8 June: Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer, Members and officials • Thursday 8 June: Ambassador of Latvia, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP • Tuesday 26 June: Ontario Parliamentarian Interns, tour of the Parliament. • Friday 1 September: Officials from the Nordic Council of Ministers meeting with officials • Thursday 14 September: Speaker of the Tobago House of Assembly, meeting with Presiding Officer and officials • Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13 September: Speaker of the Faroese Parliament, meeting with Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Members and officials • Thursday 14 September: Ambassador of Slovakia, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP 7 • Thursday 14 September: Deputy Ambassador of Israel, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP • Thursday 14 September: Members of Parliament of Uruguay, tour of Parliament • Tuesday 19 September: Officials from the Flemish Parliament, meeting with officials • Wednesday 20 September: Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee, Hon Ian Liddell-Grainger MP meeting with Commonwealth Parliamentary Assembly Members • Wednesday 27 September: Officials from the UK Parliament’s Restoration and Renewal programme meeting with officials • Thursday 28 September: High Commissioner of India, meeting with the Presiding Officer • Thursday 28 September: Members of the Cross-Party Club for Youth Affairs & Policies, Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, meeting with Members and officials • Wednesday 4 October: Consul General of France, meeting with the Presiding Officer • Friday 13 October: Official from the Parliament of New Zealand meeting with officials. • Monday 16 – Friday 20 October: CPA Advanced Parliamentary Development Residency Programme, delegates meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Members and officials • Tuesday 24 October: Officials from the Brazilian-UK Citizenship Council, meeting with officials Thursday 26 October: Official from the House of Lords, meeting with • officials • Thursday 26 October: Ambassador of Norway, meeting with the Presiding Officer • Thursday 26 October: Ambassador and Consul General of Germany, observing FMQs as a guest of the Presiding Officer • Tuesday 7 November: Parliamentarians from Australia, meeting with Members and officials • Wednesday 8 November: Consul General of Germany, meeting with the Presiding Officer Thursday 9 November: Ambassador of the Philippines, meeting with • Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP • Thursday 9 November: Officials from the Parliament of Uganda, meeting with officials Thursday 16 November: Duke University Students, tour of Parliament • • Thursday 16 November: Parliamentarians from Canada, meeting with the Presiding Officer, Members and officials • Wednesday 29 November: Head of European Parliament's Liaison Office, meeting with officials Tuesday 5 December: Committee Chairs from Albania, meeting with • Members and officials • Wednesday 6 December: UK Government and UK Devolved Government officials meeting with officials. 8 • Tuesday 19 December: Ambassador of Bangladesh, meeting with the Presiding Officer. • Tuesday 16 January: Acting Deputy President of the New South Wales Legislative Council, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP, Members, and officials. • Thursday 18 January: John Smith Centre Parliamentary Interns, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP, Members, and officials. • Thursday 25 January: Parliamentarians from Germany, meeting with Presiding Officer. • Tuesday 30 January: Members of the Health Committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag, meeting with Presiding Officer and Members. • Wednesday 31 January: Everiss Scholars from New Zealand, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Annabelle Ewing MSP and officials.