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  • Foreign Secretary saddened by the death of Pope Shenouda III

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said Pope Shenouda III will be remembered as a man of great wisdom, an advocate of dialogue and tolerance, and a symbol of national unity and reconciliation.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns "cowardly" Iraqi bombings

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt described the series of bomb attacks in Iraq on 20 March as cowardly.

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

  • RAF Tornado squadron home from Afghanistan

    12(B) Squadron personnel were reunited with loved ones on Sunday, 18 March, after a four-month deployment to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.

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

  • British forces support Afghan-led clearance of insurgent stronghold

    Nearly 1,000 British soldiers joined a major operation planned and led by Afghan security forces to clear insurgents from a Taliban heartland.

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

  • Foreign Secretary agrees to broaden and deepen UK - Israeli ties

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor in London.

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

  • Foreign Secretary's response to the shooting in Toulouse

    Foreign Secretary William has expressed his horror at the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse

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

  • Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands

    Mr Dominic Meiklejohn OBE had been appointed British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands.

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

  • British and Afghan troops launch dawn raid in Helmand

    A dawn raid by British and Afghan troops in Helmand province has struck a blow at the insurgency in Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Secretary discusses progress in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague explained what UK efforts in Afghanistan are achieving in an interview with Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News this morning.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes reports of the arrest of former Libyan intelligence chief

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for Abdullah Al-Senussi to face trial and all involved to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns Israeli settlement decision

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt called on the Israeli Government to rescind their decision to move settlers from the illegal West Bank outpost Migron to a new settlement in the West Bank.

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

  • UK joins Asian anti-piracy agreement

    Last week, the UK took another step to protect shipping by joining a regional anti-piracy initiative in South East Asia.

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

  • Royal Engineer sets sights on Paralympics

    Recovering in Headley Court from an improvised explosive device blast in Helmand in which he lost both legs, the London Paralympics must have…

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

  • Foreign Office Minister visited Tunisia

    In his third visit to Tunisia since the revolution, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt underlined the UK’s support for Tunisia’s transition process.

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

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Uruguay

    Mr Ben Lyster-Binns has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Uruguay.

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

  • Cameron and Obama - we will not give up on the Afghanistan mission

    The UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron is currently in the USA on an official visit. Yesterday, he and US President Barack Obama gave a joint…

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

  • RAF force protectors ready for Helmand

    Personnel from No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing, based at RAF Lossiemouth, completed their final exercise last week ahead of their Afghan deployment.

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

  • Video and transcript of White House State Dinner

    Video and transcript of President Obama exchanging toasts with Prime Minister David Cameron during a state dinner on the South Lawn of the White House.

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

  • Minister Burt concludes his visit to Egypt

    UK Foreign and Commonwealth Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has concluded his two-day visit to Egypt.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - US And UK Defence Cooperation

    Joint factsheet following President Obama and the Prime Minister's press conference at the White House.

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