envoys

In July, the government sent in ministerial envoys to get the council's finances back on track.

Sirhan’s release was among the demands a year later, when the Black September terrorist group kidnapped the U.S. ambassador and two other Western envoys in Sudan.

"This is not about censorship. Gergiev is part of a deliberate Kremlin strategy. He is one of their cultural envoys to soften Western public opinion. This is part of their war."

On Friday he told European envoys in Geneva on Friday that Iran would not resume talks over its nuclear programme until Israel's strikes stopped.

Carney's office said India and Canada had agreed to restore diplomatic services after both countries expelled top envoys.