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  • FCO Minister condemns violence and calls for peaceful progress in Bahrain

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt spoke following the recent violence in Bahrain, and the declaration of non-violence by some opposition parties.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Southern Israel and Gaza

    Foreign Secretary William Hague calls on Hamas to end its terrorism and violence and Israel to take every opportunity to de-escalate the situation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK hosts international meeting to consider further political and non-lethal practical support to the Syrian Opposition Coalition

    Participants welcomed the formation of the National Coalition of the Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces and recognised the agreement reached in Doha on 11 November as an important milestone towards a political transi…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary statement on Gaza and southern Israel

    Foreign Secretary William Hague: "I utterly condemn rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas and other armed groups."

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters

    Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office today summoned the Spanish Ambassador in order to underline the British Government's concerns regarding recent incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes Middle East champions of reform to UK

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, today welcomed 17 Fellows from Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Oman to London from a regional John Smith Memorial Trust (JSMT) programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro

    Mr Ian Robert Whitting OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statement on PM phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu

    Discussion focused on situation in Gaza and Southern Israel

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Navy Lynx joins French frigate for counter-piracy ops

    The first Royal Navy Lynx helicopter to join a French frigate for a full counter-piracy deployment has arrived on board the ship in Toulon, on France's south coast.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Brunei-based British forces remember the fallen

    Soldiers from British Forces Brunei (BFB) have paid their respects to fallen Service personnel by laying wreaths at several sites across Borneo, including a sunken ship.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hundreds gather in Barnsley to welcome home the Light Dragoons

    Hundreds of people lined the streets of Barnsley yesterday to welcome home soldiers of the Light Dragoons from Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Confronting rape as a weapon of war: a challenge for our generation

    Foreign Secretary William Hague's keynote address at the "Preventing sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations" meeting at Wilton Park.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Wilton Park conference on preventing sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations

    Speaking before the conference Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "Shattering the culture of impunity for those who use rape as a weapon of war is the next great global challenge of our generation."

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Owen Paterson in China: diary of a trade mission

    Find out how Owen Paterson's trade mission in China went

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • From stabilisation to transition in Afghanistan

    Transition means a new role for stabilisation writes Ian Carr from Nad 'Ali (South).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 19th Regiment Royal Artillery receive Afghanistan medals

    Soldiers from 19th Regiment Royal Artillery received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals on Saturday 10 November after their deployment as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade in Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Foreign Secretary's Diwali message

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has wished a Happy Diwali to Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities around the world.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Election results in the Turks and Caicos Islands

    Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds has welcomed the return of democratic government to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement on the Foreign Affairs Council

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington statement on the Foreign Affairs Council, the Defence Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government