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He later served as ambassador to Yemen, and then Qatar. He worked on the Iraq-Kuwait border question following the 1991 Gulf War.<ref>[http://www.pi.ac.ae/flex/news/jwalker.php Visit of Mr Julian Walker (Tuesday 11th March)], The Petroleum Institute, accessed 21 October 2011.</ref> | He later served as ambassador to Yemen, and then Qatar. He worked on the Iraq-Kuwait border question following the 1991 Gulf War.<ref>[http://www.pi.ac.ae/flex/news/jwalker.php Visit of Mr Julian Walker (Tuesday 11th March)], The Petroleum Institute, accessed 21 October 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | He retired in 1993, having served in postings including the Trucial States, Oman, Baghdad, Morocco, Berlin, Northern Ireland and Lebanon, the Yemen and Qatar.<Ref>Julian Walker, [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CGbVVHyITcf6I3-Ontk6C9qbXqxuPyGNhyUybWjW6tI/edit?pli=1 The Emergence of the UAE Federation], accessed via Google Docs on 22 October 2011. Original at: http://www.ncdr.ae/ncdr/New%20Perspectives%20on%20Recording%20UAE%20History/Abstracts/Sir%20Julian%20Walker.doc | ||
In 2005, Walker featured in a story on the enforced return of failed asylum seekers to Iraq: | In 2005, Walker featured in a story on the enforced return of failed asylum seekers to Iraq: | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 22 October 2011
Julian Walker is a former British diplomat.[1]
Walker first arrived in Sharjah as a junior British official in late 1953, and in the following year became Assistant Political Officer in Dubai. He was political agent in Dubai in 1971, at the time of the formation of the United Arab Emirates.[2]
He later served as ambassador to Yemen, and then Qatar. He worked on the Iraq-Kuwait border question following the 1991 Gulf War.[3]
He retired in 1993, having served in postings including the Trucial States, Oman, Baghdad, Morocco, Berlin, Northern Ireland and Lebanon, the Yemen and Qatar.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
External Resources
- LevelBusiness MR JULIAN FORTAY WALKER CMG MBE
- Jen Gerson, UAE birth overcame friction and disputes, The National, 26 November 2008.
Notes
- ↑ Visit of Mr Julian Walker (Tuesday 11th March), The Petroleum Institute, accessed 21 October 2011.
- ↑ Visit of Mr Julian Walker (Tuesday 11th March), The Petroleum Institute, accessed 21 October 2011.
- ↑ Visit of Mr Julian Walker (Tuesday 11th March), The Petroleum Institute, accessed 21 October 2011.
