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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his counterparts in France, Germany and the United States issued a statement on the nerve gas attack in Syria 1 year ago.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Rt Hon Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East, outlines how chemical weapons have no place in today’s world.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the UK will be at the forefront of international effort to stand up to those who threaten the rules-based system.
Writing in The Times, the Foreign Secretary explains how Britain's partners came together to expel over 100 Russian officials following the Salisbury attack.
Lord Ahmad spoke at the UN Human Rights Council's 37th Session that included important resolutions on Syria, Iran, DRPK, Burma, South Sudan, Libya and Georgia.
British Ambassador to Russia Dr Laurie Bristow briefed the international diplomatic community in Moscow on the UK government's response to the Salisbury attack.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke in Brussels on 19 March about the Salisbury nerve agent incident.
Writing in the Telegraph. the Foreign Secretary looks at disruptive behaviour from the Russian State relating to the Russian election and the Salisbury attack.
Foreign & Commonwealth Office statement on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) report into the Russian presidential election.
Boris Johnson spoke to media before Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on international support for UK relating to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
Independent technical experts from chemical weapons watchdog (OPCW) to arrive in UK following the incident in Salisbury,
The UK's response to the Russian government's decision to expel UK diplomats, following the attempted assassinations in Salisbury.
Writing in the Washington Post following the Salisbury attack, the Foreign Secretary sets out Russia's threat to the architecture of global security.
The Head of UK Delegation to the OSCE gave a statement to the 1179th Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 15 March 2018 about the Salisbury incident.
On the 7th anniversary of the Syrian conflict, the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for DfID have released a joint statement.
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, Chargé d’Affaires, at a UN Security Council Briefing on a nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
Update by Permanent Representative of the UK Peter Wilson to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on the use of a nerve agent in the UK.
Boris Johnson has spoken to some of the world’s top diplomats following the use of a military grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, in Salisbury.
Statement by Peter Wilson, Permanent Representative of the UK to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on the use of a nerve agent in the UK.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson spoke to the BBC on holding the Russian government to account for how the Novichok nerve agent could have been deployed in the UK.
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