Boris Johnson dismissed the head of the British Foreign Office, who ignored thousands of letters asking for help in evacuating from Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson removed Dominic Raab from his post as Foreign Minister, appointing former Foreign Trade Minister Liz Truss to his post. About it informs BBC.

According to the newspaper, the Prime Minister decided to change the head of the British Foreign Office after faced with numerous calls to fire Raab. In August, it became known that at the time when the Taliban terrorist movement seized power in Kabul, the Foreign Minister was on vacation in Crete and ignored thousands of letters asking for assistance in evacuating Afghanistan. It is clarified that Raab did not call the Afghan Foreign Minister about the evacuation of the translators who were helping the British troops.

Dominic Raab, who has headed the UK Foreign Office since 2019, has been appointed Minister of Justice. In addition, he was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor. In the government of the former British Prime Minister Theresa May Raab served as minister for the country’s exit from the European Union, but he resigned due to the fact that he opposed the plan approved by the British government. According to the BBC, citing polls, the actions of Dominik Raab as foreign minister were approved by about a quarter of the respondents.

Liz Truss, the new British Foreign Secretary, was formerly the head of the Department of International Trade and the Department of Women and Equality. Despite the new position, Truss will retain his post at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.