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  • Foreign Secretary welcomes tough EU sanctions on Iran

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after a new round of EU sanctions on Iran were agreed by Foreign Ministers in Brussels.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes sanctions on Assad supporters

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose further sanctions on Syria.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East welcomes UN steps to ensure accountability in Syria

    The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has today adopted a resolution which further condemns the appalling human rights violations in Syria.

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

  • Attempted coup in Mali

    Some elements of the Malian military staged an attempted coup d’état on 21 March.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes implementation of reforms in Bahrain

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has welcomed progress that the Bahraini government has made so far in implementing the Independent Commission of Inquiry report.

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

  • Minister for Africa concerned by reports of an attempted coup in Mali

    Following reports of an attempted coup, Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that the UK condemns any actions which undermine democratic rule and the Malian Constitution.

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

  • Foot Guards receive Freedom of Birmingham

    In a very rare, if not unique, distinction, all five regiments of Foot Guards received the Freedom of the City on Wednesday 21 March. The honour…

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

  • UK forces help Afghan police hold community party

    UK forces have helped members of the Afghan Uniform Police hold a party for hundreds of people in Helmand province, Afghanistan

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

  • Award-winning journalists visit UK

    The winners of the 2011 'Inquirer Awards' for investigative journalism in the Middle East today met FCO officials as part of a UK visit.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes adoption of Security Council Presidential Statement on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that he strongly welcomed the UN Security Council's support for Kofi Annan's work as joint UN-Arab League envoy.

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

  • Communiqué: UAE-UK Taskforce meeting

    The seventh meeting of the UAE-UK Taskforce was hosted by Minister for the Middle East and South Asia Alistair Burt on 21 March in London.

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

  • UK commitment to the Middle East

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt spoke about the UK's optimism about the prospects for the Arab Spring and the Middle East in a speech to the Middle East Association on 21 March.

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

  • HMS Daring joins up with US carrier groups

    On her maiden deployment, HMS Daring has worked with not one but two US Carrier Strike Groups - USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln.

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

  • Prime Minister's Norouz message

    Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a message to Iranians around the world on the occasion of Norouz - Persian New Year.

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

  • 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