Say, the Taoiseach is meeting the Queen in foreign country (8)
I believe the answer is:
irishman
'say the taoiseach' is the definition.
(I know that Republic of Ireland office held by head of government Taoiseach)
'is meeting the queen in foreign country' is the wordplay.
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'the queen' becomes 'HM' (short for Her Majesty).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'foreign country' becomes 'Iran' (Iran is a country in the Middle East).
'is'+'hm'='ishm'
'ishm' inserted within 'iran' is 'IRISHMAN'.
(Other definitions for irishman that I've seen before include "Casement possibly" , "Dublin native" , "European" , "islander" , "National" .)