Bilal Zahid to Serve as New British Ambassador to Slovakia

London/Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Bilal Zahid will serve as the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Slovakia, TASR has learnt from an article on the UK government's website. Zahid will replace the current British Ambassador Nigel Baker, who will be "reassigned to another diplomatic position," states the article from May 9 on Gov.uk website. The new British Ambassador to Slovakia will assume his role as of September 2025. British diplomat Bilal Zahid has held several key positions, including serving from 2011 to 2013 as a political advisor on national security for the UK government. From 2013 to 2015, he was the Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and from 2020 to 2022, he was the acting director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia department at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. From 2022 to 2023, Zahid headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' department for Ukraine, and from 2023 to 2024, he served as the Ministerial Adviser in Kiev. mf