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  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at news from 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

  • Joint Communiqué following the working dinner between HM Government and the Papal Delegation

    Her Majesty's Government and the Holy See delegation discussed a number of areas of shared interest.

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

  • Prince William becomes a fully-operational Search and Rescue pilot

    Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales.

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

  • ANP take the lead on security for Afghan elections

    In a further sign of progress, when the Afghan parliamentary elections get underway tomorrow it will be the Afghan National Police (ANP) who have the primary responsibility for security around the polling stations country-wi…

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

  • Top British General speaks of progress in Kandahar

    Major General Nick Carter, the Commander of Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan, has given an update on the progress of operations in Kandahar - the strategically important Afghan province adjacent to Helmand where the m…

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

  • UK Minister visits UAE to strengthen bilateral ties

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa conducted a two-day visit of the UAE between 15 and 16 September

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

  • Communiqué of United Arab Emirates-United Kingdom Taskforce meeting

    The Taskforce agreed a range of areas in which the two countries would look to extend and deepen cooperation over the next twelve months.

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

  • Public urged not to send unsolicited Christmas mail to troops

    The MOD expresses its gratitude for the support and generosity many members of the public show in this period but is reminding them that the…

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

  • British forces train Kazakh peacekeeping troops

    British soldiers have played a key role in a large-scale, multinational military exercise in Kazakhstan this August helping the Kazakh Ministry of Defence to develop a NATO interoperable brigade.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Danish counterpart to London

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague, met the Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen in London yesterday.

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

  • TA soldiers take to the hills for Exercise Scottish Buzzard

    Known as ‘The Fighting 51st’, the brigade is the regional administrative formation responsible for all Territorial Army units based in Scotland…

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

  • Cavalry soldiers protect engineers building new Helmand road

    Cavalry soldiers from The Royal Dragoon Guards have been protecting British engineers and Afghan contractors as, over recent weeks, they have come under daily attacks while building a new road in Helmand.

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

  • Royal College of Defence Studies course

    Speech delivered by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister on violence in Mitrovica

    Foreign Office Minister for Europe David Lidington has made a statement following violence in Mitrovica on 11 September.

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

  • UK personnel to deploy to Afghanistan with HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

    The deployment of British personnel to Afghanistan as part of NATO's Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) from January 2011 to January 2012 has been endorsed by the Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam F…

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

  • Sir Jock Stirrup praises troops in Afghanistan

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup has praised the UK's Armed Forces for their progress in Afghanistan during his last visit to theatre before he steps down as Chief of the Defence Staff.

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

  • 16 Air Assault Brigade pre-deployment church service

    Colchester-based elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade, due to deploy to Afghanistan in the coming weeks, have taken part in a pre-deployment church service.

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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 our embassies overseas this week.

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

  • Foreign Secretary on UN General Assembly Resolution on ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the adoption by consensus in the UN General Assembly of a resolution on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Opinion on Kosovo.

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

  • New Land Forces HQ fully operational

    The new headquarters for the British Army's Land Forces in Andover has been officially declared fully operational by Minister for the Armed Forces, Nick Harvey, and the Commander-in-Chief Land Forces, General Sir Peter W…

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