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@drgoremd From The Guardian:
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Andrew Waller, a former British diplomat who worked with Khalil at the UK office for Syria, a diplomatic mission housed inside the British embassy in Beirut, described Khalil as a thoughtful individual and highly valued colleague during his government service.
“This is a naked example of the US administration arresting someone for their political opinions, and I think the British government should be exercised about this,” he said.
“He is a former British government employee who was vetted and well liked.”
Waller added that the British government was entirely dependent on non-British nationals working at embassies worldwide to provide the language skills and local knowledge needed to operate. Khalil worked for years on the British government’s flagship grant programme that brings foreign students to study at UK universities, as well as in a support role for which he helped to inform and shape British foreign policy on Syria through his knowledge and Arabic skills.
“The British government relies on people like Mahmoud all over the world,” he said. “Without them the UK could not operate overseas. It could not conduct diplomatic activity without this raft of employees who do this kind of work.”
Waller said he was “disappointed” that Khalil’s loyalty to the government he served for years has not been publicly recognised by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office. The Foreign Office declined to comment, saying it did not discuss former employees.
“There is an element of loyalty here that is really important: If there is one thing Mahmoud showed while working for the British government, it is loyalty,” said Waller.
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