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Fionna Gibb

Former British Ambassador to Belarus

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5th February 2016 Minsk, Belarus

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by Fionna Gibb

Former British Ambassador to Belarus

First two weeks in Belarus

Fionna Gibb meeting Vladimir Makey

Twenty years ago, on a posting to Ukraine, Belarus was this distant mysterious country lying to the north. My chief knowledge about Belarus was that it was badly affected by Chernobyl as the winds were blowing north at the time of the disaster. As I prepared to come here, I talked to people about Belarus […]

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About Fionna Gibb

Fionna Gibb joined the FCO in 1990 and has held a number of positions in London and overseas. She has worked in Berlin, Kyiv, Mogadishu, Basra - where she was…

Fionna Gibb joined the FCO in 1990 and has held a number of positions in London and overseas. She has worked in Berlin, Kyiv, Mogadishu, Basra - where she was Deputy Consul-General from 2008-2009 - and Sana’a, where she was Deputy Head of Mission from 2010-2012 and as Deputy Head of the Projects Task Force in London, covering a range of political, security and cultural issues.. Her most recent appointment was as Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Belarus.

She is vegetarian, likes art, horse riding and open-air fitness and it’s her first experience writing a blog.

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