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  • Foreign Secretary statement on political prisoners in Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed concern about reports that Ali Mahmoud Othman has been captured by the Syrian regime, and has also voiced concern about prominent activist Noura Aljizawi.

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

  • Buying property abroad: Advice from Know Before You Go and A Place in the Sun

    The Foreign Office's Know Before You Go team will be at the A Place In The Sun Live show at Earls Court, London on 30 March- 1 April.

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

  • World's largest 'no take' marine protected area celebrates 2nd anniversary

    April 1st marks the second anniversary of the creation of the world’s largest ‘no-take’ Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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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

  • Foreign Secretary to visit Rome

    Foreign Secretary William Hague will visit Rome on Thursday 22 March to meet his Italian counterpart Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Tunisian Foreign Minister

    Foreign Secretary William Hague met Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalam in London on 28 March.

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

  • Foreign Secretary to announce support for Syrian political opposition

    Foreign Secretary William Hague will announce that he has agreed to provide half a million pounds of British support to Syria's political opposition.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on executions in Japan

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne expresses disappointment on the recent resumption of executions in Japan, the first to take place since 2010.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes UN Statement on Yemen

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt calls on all those with a stake in Yemen’s future to work together to make political, economic and security reform a reality.

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

  • Foreign Secretary's speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke about the UK's role in foreign policy to the Lord Mayor's Easter Banquet on 29 March.

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

  • Minister for Africa welcomes the transfer of pirates to Somaliland

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that he "welcomed the successful transfer of 17 convicted Somali pirates from the Seychelles to serve their sentences in prison in Somaliland".

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

  • Foreign Secretary attends service of commemoration for Captain Scott’s Expedition

    On 29 March the Foreign Secretary attended a service of commemoration for the British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910 - 1913.

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

  • British Foreign Office Minister visits Peru

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne is in Peru to reaffirm the UK's commitment to working on political and business-related issues.

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

  • Spreading the word - Radio expansion in Helmand

    Provincial Governor of Helmand Gulab Mangal has launched a new Helmand wide AM signal of Radio Television Afghanistan, marking important progress in Afghan radio development.

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

  • "Our support and dedication to the people of the Middle East must be consistent and unwavering"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague addressed the London School of Economics event 'International Policy Responses to Change in the Arab World" on 27 March.

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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 State of Qatar

    Mr Michael Angus O’Neill has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Qatar.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Presidential elections in Senegal

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the UK looks forward to working closely with the new President and his government following elections in Senegal on 25 March.

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

  • Foreign Minister for Bosnia and Herzegovina visits UK

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke following his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija in London on 27 March.

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

  • Foreign Secretary calls for implementation of Annan's six point plan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for Syria to implement the joint United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan's six point plan.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes successes of the UN Human Rights Council

    The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 19th Session on 23 March, with a number or landmark resolutions on key countries of concern.

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