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  • This week on the Foreign Office Global Conversations blog

    Egypt, Libya and Bosnia and Herzegovina were amongst the topics discussed by Foreign Office bloggers this week.

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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

  • RAF brother and sister serve together in Bastion

    Corporals Mark and Lyndsay Roberts joined the RAF independently of each other and are now both involved in the air-side of the daily running…

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

  • ISAF plans for Afghanistan on course and unchanged

    Major General Nick Pope, who has recently taken over as the Chief of the Defence Staff's Strategic Communications Officer, briefed members of the media yesterday on the situation in Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Secretary answers questions on Libya and the Arab Spring via Twitter

    Foreign Secretary William Hague answered questions on the situation in Libya and also on the Arab Spring on 9 June via Twitter.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister attends Libya Contact Group in Abu Dhabi

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt will attend the Libya Contact Group meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 June.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns mosque burning in the West Bank

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt condemned the attack on a Palestinian Mosque on Tuesday in the West Bank.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes widening international support for Libya Contact Group

    FCO Minister Alistair Burt: "Today's Contact Group reaffirmed the international community's commitment to implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973."

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

  • Dr Fox on progress in Libya

    Dr Fox said: “Our objective when NATO took responsibility for enforcing UN Security Council Resolution [UNSCR] 1973 remains the same today…

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

  • A civilian's Afghan experience

    Deploying on operations is par for the course for the military, but for civilians it is a completely different ball game. Leigh Hamilton reports.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning For 8Th June 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Energy prices, prison sentences and Afghanistan.

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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 Slovak Republic

    Susanna Montgomery has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Slovak Republic.

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

  • The future of Libya

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said he "firmly believes that the Libyan people will achieve their vision for a free, prosperous and democratic Libya".

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

  • British Ambassador to Afghanistan visits Pakistan

    British Ambassador to Afghanistan Sir William Patey has returned from a two days visit to Pakistan 5-6th June.

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

  • Thousands welcome 16 Air Assault Brigade home from Afghanistan

    More than 10,000 people lined the streets of Colchester yesterday to welcome the town's soldiers home after their recent six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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

  • New control tower for Bastion Airfield

    The RAF Air Traffic Controllers at Camp Bastion, the main UK base in Helmand province and the UK's fourth busiest airfield, have recently moved into a new state-of-the-art control tower.

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

  • Foreign Secretary updates Parliament on Middle East and North Africa

    Foreign Secretary William Hague updated Parliament on the Middle East and North Africa following his visit to Benghazi last week.

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

  • Afghan Police take over checkpoint from Gurkhas

    For the last nine months, Checkpoint (CP) Shingul has been manned jointly by ISAF and Afghan Police. Since April, members of B Company, 2 RGR…

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

  • BBC documentary to show Helmand through soldiers' eyes

    A new documentary series starting tonight on BBC3 uses footage shot by British soldiers serving in Helmand province on cameras mounted on their helmets to tell their stories.

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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 Iraq

    Mr Michael Aron has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq.

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