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The Foreign Secretary met China's Director of Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Laos.
China's WTO Trade Policy Review, July 2024: UK Statement. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
UK Statement for the Universal Periodic Review Adoption on China. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Delivered by UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
UK Statement for Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Annual Report.
Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan issued a statement on the guilty verdict of some of the ‘NSL 47’ activists and former politicians in Hong Kong.
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has today summoned the Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang following allegations of foreign interference on UK soil, contrary to the National Security Act 2023.
The British Embassy in Beijing is pleased to open a call for bids to the China Network’s International Programme (Open Societies) for projects running between Summer 2024 (July onwards) and 28 February 2025.
UK Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with senior representatives from the Chinese government and Hong Kong authorities as part of her 6-day visit.
The UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan will visit Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin to further and protect British interests.
At the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Italy the Foreign Secretary will urge G7 partners to keep up pressure on Putin as he continues his illegal war with Ukraine.
UK calls out pattern of malicious cyber activity by Chinese state-affiliated organisations and individuals targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians.
The Chargé d'Affaires at the Chinese Embassy attended the summons after attribution of cyber attacks to Chinese state-affiliated individuals and organisations.
UK Statement for Item 4 General Debate, delivered at HRC55 by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and the UN, Simon Manley.
UK statement for Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Torture. Delivered at the 55th Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva.
HRC55: UK Statement for Item 2 General Debate. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
UK National Statement, delivered by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK's Minister of State (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth).
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon gave a written statement at the conclusion of the February 2024 Universal Periodic Review.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley, delivered a statement during China's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The Media Freedom Coalition gave a statement on media freedom in Hong Kong on the second anniversary of the closure of Stand News and arrest of its staff.
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