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  • Prime Minister visits Russia to boost trade

    Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Russia at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister marks 5000 days since last execution in Republic of Korea

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne urged the Republic of Korea to establish a moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to moving towards full abolition.

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

  • Minister for Africa saddened by news of explosion in Nairobi

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has offered his condolences to the victims of a pipeline explosion in Kenya on 12 September.

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

  • EU Budget: "We need to spend better, not to spend more"

    Minister for Europe David Lidington was joined by 7 EU Ministers in arguing against the budget rise proposed by the EU Commission for 2014-2020.

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has commemorated the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001, and of other global acts of terrorism since.

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

  • Foreign Office statement on attack in Kenya

    The Foreign Office has issued a statement on the attack on two British Nationals in a resort north of Lamu, Kenya.

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

  • Tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has commemorated the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001, and of other global acts of terrorism since.

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

  • Tanzania ferry disaster

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham: "On behalf of the British Government, I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to those affected and their families.”

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

  • FCO Minister statement on violence in Blue Nile, Sudan Kordofan

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham: "I call on the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Blue Nile immediately to halt all fighting"

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

  • Protecting the national environment and ensuring sustainable development for the Pacific Islands

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne today declared the UK’s intention to join the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

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

  • Foreign Office history podcast remembers the 1991 coup and collapse of the Soviet Union

    In the latest episode of the History podcast series, British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sian MacLeod, remembers her first posting as a young diplomat to Moscow.

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

  • Minister for Europe to address "unacceptable" EU Commission budget proposals

    Minister for Europe David Lidington said that the UK finds the Commission budget proposals "unacceptable" as EU Ministers plan to discuss the issue in Brussels on 12 September.

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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

  • September 11th Remembrance

    The British Embassy in Washington commemorates the citizens from over 90 countries who perished in the 9/11 attacks.

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

  • Foreign Office launches film in build-up to Paralympic Games

    Presented by wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan, the film looks at the birth of the Paralympic movement in the UK and preparations for the London 2012 Games. Tickets for the Paralympics went on sale today.

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

  • Exploring commercial opportunities for British business in Iraq

    Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell welcomed the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister H.E Rowsh Nuri Shaways to the Foreign Office on 9 September.

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

  • 50 days to go to Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

    Lord Howell: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth could be a ‘defining’ moment.

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

  • UK hosts International Paralympic Day for first time

    With under a year to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Day is being held in the UK. Foreign Office staff across the globe have been celebrating with a range of events and activities.

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

  • Foreign Secretary comments on plane crash in Russia

    Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed condolences after a plane crashed in Yaroslavl yesterday, killing at least 43 people.

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

  • "My ambition is a Foreign Office that is the best diplomatic service in the world"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague talked of launching the biggest drive the department has ever seen to enhance the cutting edge abilities and diplomatic skills of the Foreign Office and to strengthen the UK's diplomatic …

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