{"id":122606,"date":"2023-12-10T19:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T19:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=122606"},"modified":"2023-12-10T19:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T19:49:48","slug":"fury-after-humza-yousaf-meets-with-erdogan-as-david-cameron-threatens-cut-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/politics\/fury-after-humza-yousaf-meets-with-erdogan-as-david-cameron-threatens-cut-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury after Humza Yousaf meets with Erdogan as David Cameron threatens cut-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The foreign secretary Lord David Cameron has threatened to withdraw co-operation with Scottish ministers after the SNP leader met with the Turkish president.<\/p>\n

The first minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan at COP28 without a UK official present.<\/p>\n

David Cameron has called this a breach of protocol amid ongoing tensions between Scotland and the UK government over meetings with foreign officials.<\/p>\n

Foreign affairs are under the jurisdiction of the UK government but devolved nations are allowed to engage internationally on things they have responsibility over.<\/p>\n

A UK government source told the BBC that Lord Cameron wants to take a “harder line” approach than his predecessor James Cleverly.<\/p>\n

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In a letter to the SNP’s External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson, Lord Cameron said the Scottish government had assured the Foreign Office (FCDO) that it would give “sufficient advance notice” of the meeting to allow a government official to attend.<\/p>\n

According to Lord Cameron this \u201cwas not done\u201d. A spokesperson for Mr Yousaf said a UK official was invited to the meeting.<\/p>\n

“The absence of an FCDO official at this meeting contravenes the protocols in our guidance on FCDO support to devolved government ministers’ overseas visits,” the letter reads.<\/p>\n

“Any further breaches of the protocol of ministerial meetings have a FCDO official present will result in no further FCDO facilitation of meetings or logistical support.<\/p>\n

“We will also need to consider the presence of Scottish government offices in UK government posts.”<\/p>\n

A similar threat was made by James Cleverly while he was foreign secretary after Humza Yousaf had a meeting with the Icelandic prime minister last August without government officials.<\/p>\n

A UK government source said the Foreign Office was not told of the meeting with the Turkish president \u201cuntil it was too late\u201d and represents an \u201cescalation\u201d with Scotland \u201cundermining UK foreign policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

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