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  • Foreign Office Minister meets Lord Bates following his Walk for Truce

    Minister for Conflict Issues Henry Bellingham met with Lord Bates on 29 February to discuss his Walk for Truce across Europe. Watch our video to find out more about the Walk for Truce.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets representatives of Guantanamo detainee

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the UK will continue to raise Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer's case with the US when he met his representatives in London today.

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

  • Discover EU Careers - A message from the Foreign Secretary, William Hague

    Foreign Secretary William Hague is encouraging British nationals to consider a career working in the European Union institutions.

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

  • British diplomatic staff in Syria withdrawn

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that all diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Damascus, and Embassy services suspended.

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

  • Foreign Secretary disappointed by Belarus decision to recall EU and Poland Ambassadors

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said he is disappointed by Belarus' decision to recall their Ambassadors to Poland and the EU in response to further EU sanctions being imposed on the country yesterday.

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

  • New single government website: give your feedback

    The UK Government is committed to making all of its services to citizens available online in one place. A new prototype website www.gov.uk shows how this could work.

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

  • Minister for Africa condemns the murder of Somali journalist

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has condemned the killing of the Director of Somaliweyn Radio, Abukah Hassan Mohamoud.

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

  • UK response to Argentina's threat to trade

    The Argentine Chargé d’Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office this afternoon.

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

  • Foreign Secretary warns Assad regime against assault on Homs

    Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on hearing the reports that the Assad regime may be preparing a land assault on Homs.

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

  • US-DPRK Agreement on Nuclear Moratorium/IAEA Inspections

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed commitment by the DPRK to halt nuclear tests and uranium enrichment and to accept IAEA inspectors to verify this undertaking.

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

  • First Minister's St David's Day Message

    First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has sent a message to mark St David's Day, 1st of March.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes General Affairs Council agreement on Serbia's EU candidate status

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed yesterday's recommendation by the EU General Affairs Council to grant Serbia EU Candidate Status, and to further enhance cooperation with Kosovo.

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

  • UK trade and growth: one year on

    A year on from the launch of its trade strategy, the UK is seeing progress in developing exports and foreign investment.

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

  • Foreign Secretary confirms British journalist's arrival in Lebanon

    Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed British journalist Paul Conroy is safely in Lebanon when he updated the House of Commons on 28 February.

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

  • Government publishes revised National Action Plan on women, peace and security

    The Government has published an update of the National Action plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security.

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

  • Chairman's Conclusions of Friends of Syria meeting

    Full text of the Chairman's Conclusions of the International Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People on 24 February.

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

  • European growth - a view from the UK

    Minister for Europe David Lidington: Europe needs to adapt in order to prosper from the economic realities of the 21st Century.

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

  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands announce Marine Protected Area to safeguard biodiversity

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed the declaration of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister expresses concern at conviction of former Ukrainian Minister

    Minister for Europe David Lidington has spoken following the conviction of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister discusses Syria at UN Human Rights Council

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne called for an end to the violence in Syria and said that those responsible for the atrocities will be held to account for the crimes they have committed.

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