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A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned a bomb attack on a UN patrol in southern Lebanon which injured several French peacekeepers and civilians on 9 December.
Foreign Office Minister David Lidington has congratulated Fabian Picardo on his election as Chief Minister of Gibraltar.
Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has spoken after the provisional results of the Presidential election were announced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
FCO Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt: "We continue to work with our international partners to condemn the repression in Syria and call for the Syrian government to meet their people’s legitimate demands."
Lord Howell highlighted concerns over the treatment of Christians across the Middle East in a debate in the House of Lords on 9 December.
Sappers from 29 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 35 Engineer Regiment, ‘winter-proofed’ Route Mars in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province…
Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone has been championing the rights of Afghan women as the country rebuilds.
Justice Secretary and International Anti-Corruption Champion, Kenneth Clarke, has welcomed UN International Anti-Corruption Day.
Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt completed a three day visit to Libya on 8 December. The first visit by a UK Minister since the formation of the new Libyan Government.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt visited the ruin of Abu Saleem prison where 1200 prisoners were shot dead on Qadhafi's orders in 1996.
Speaking at the Bali Democracy Forum on 8 December 2011, Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne commented that the Forum came at 'a seminal time for democracy'.
Afghan police mentored by British troops have discovered an opium stash worth millions of pounds, along with insurgent weapons, during an arrest operation in Helmand province.
Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne arrived in Jakarta on 6 Dec on his second official visit to Indonesia as Minister for State for Asia Pacific.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after proposals in the Israeli Knesset to pass legislation that would restrict foreign funding to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
The Highlanders were in Afghanistan when Her Majesty The Queen, the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, presented new Colours…
Ms Judith Margaret Farnworth has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Government has published its annual update on the UK's national strategy on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Written statement to Parliament by the International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell on the recent summit in Busan, Korea.
How UK aid is protecting some of the most vulnerable people in Kenya through cash transfers
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