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  • Foreign Office update on situation in Libya

    Information on the consular situation in Libya and the UK response.

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

  • Government doing all it can to assist Britons in Libya

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Government will do everything it can to evacuate the remaining British nationals stranded in Libya.

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

  • UK at the UN Human Rights Council on Libya: "We are and will continue to take action"

    "The United Kingdom wants to send a clear message to the Libyan regime that the world is not just watching and making statements. We are and will continue to take action."

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

  • Foreign Office update on situation in Libya

    Information on consular situation in Tripoli and Benghazi and the UK response.

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

  • Foreign Office charter flight leaves for Libya

    A Foreign Office charter flight is leaving Gatwick Airport at 1230GMT for Libya. It is scheduled to land at Tripoli Airport later today. We are hopeful that the flight will return to the UK this evening.

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

  • Foreign Secretary on assistance for British nationals in Libya

    "We can confirm that we are currently assisting the majority of British Nationals at the airport to board a chartered plane that has become available in Tripoli."

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

  • Foreign Secretary on Libya

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the UK is "taking every action to get the remaining British nationals in Libya out of harm's way".

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

  • UK calls for UN action on Libya

    Foreign Secretary says UK gravely concerned about the situation in Libya.

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

  • Foreign Secretary announces additional assistance for British nationals in Libya

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said the safety of British nationals in Libya is of paramount concern.

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

  • Foreign Secretary describes situation in Libya as "deplorable and unacceptable"

    "We are today summoning the Libyan Ambassador to London to the Foreign Office, to convey in the strongest terms our absolute condemnation of the use of lethal force against demonstrators"

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

  • Foreign Office summons Libyan Ambassador

    Permanent Under Secretary Simon Fraser, on the instructions of the Foreign Secretary, summoned the Libyan Ambassador to the UK H.E. Omar R Jelban this afternoon.

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

  • Foreign Secretary speaks to Saif Qadhafi

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to the Head of the Qadhafi Human Rights Society about the situation in Libya.

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

  • British Government concerned by reports of violence in the Middle East

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed the UK government's concern on continuing reports overnight of unacceptable violence used against protesters in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East comments on recent events in Libya

    Commenting on recent events in Libya, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt today said:

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

  • EU-Africa Summit in Tripoli

    Henry Bellingham MP, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa attended the EU-Africa Summit in Tripoli

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

  • Growth, investments and job creation on the agenda at EU-Africa Summit

    Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham will represent the British Government at the third European Union-Africa Summit which takes place in Tripoli on 29 and 30 November.

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

  • British National Henry Djaba detained in Libya

    The Evening Standard published a story on 8 November about the unlawful detention in Libya of a British National, Henry Djaba.

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

  • Human rights in Libya: The UK's statement to the UN Human Rights Council

    The UK expressed concern about restrictions on freedom of expression and association in Libya, and in particular, reports of the arrest and detention of 20 journalists in the statement on 9 November.

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

  • Libyan British Business Council

    On 12 October, Alistair Burt, FCO Minister for Middle East spoke at the AGM of the Libyan British Business Council.

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

  • British Government maintains support for victims

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met representatives of the Libya/Northern Ireland Reconciliation Campaign today.

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