The United Kingdom has announced the appointment of 32 new sales representatives who will promote British business in international markets, expand exports and attract investment. These specialists will work closely with diplomatic missions, trade commissioners and local authorities of the host countries.

Trade representatives will establish relations with foreign governments, conduct business missions, interact with foreign delegations, and remove trade barriers. One of those appointed was a 69-year-old lordJohn Alderdice, a politician from Northern Ireland and a representative of the Liberal Democrat Party. He will oversee the UK’s trade relations with Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries.

Alderdice has extensive political experience: from 1998 to 2004, he served as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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