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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Foreign Office Minister comments on new Lebanese Government

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt: "I am pleased that a new government has now been formed."

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

  • Debating Afghanistan and Pakistan in Parliament

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt will take part in a debate on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the House of Commons this afternoon.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East responds to questions on Facebook

    UK Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt answered questions on current issues in the Middle East following his trip to the region .

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

  • Minister for the Middle East welcomes law banning domestic violence in Iraq

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has spoken after the Kurdistan National Assembly adopted a law banning domestic violence.

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

  • Minister Alistair Burt meets Noam Shalit

    Minister visits father of kidnapped Israeli soldier and reiterates UK's demand for Gilad's immediate and unconditional release.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister met villagers from the small West Bank village of Nabi Saleh

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt MP visited Nabi Saleh at the end of his visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories.

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

  • Alistair Burt visits Hadasit

    Minister for the Middle East calls in at Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organisation in Jerusalem

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

  • Bahrain - Alistair Burt welcomes independent commission

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt comments on the King of Bahrain’s announcement to establish an independent commission to look into allegations of human rights abuses.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East discusses upcoming Gaza Flotilla

    On a visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that the UK does not consider the flotilla as a “wise decision.”

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

  • Alistair Burt visits Gaza

    British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt MP visited Gaza as a part of his four-day visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories this year.

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

  • Minister for Middle East Alistair Burt: “Bold decisions needed to ensure peace in Middle East”

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt calls for both sides to return to direct negotiations during a visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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

  • UK Minister for Middle East Alistair Burt visited Sderot this afternoon after spending day in Gaza

    In Sderot he met Mayor David Buskila and visited a reinforced playground packed with children on their summer break.

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

  • Alistair Burt meets Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon

    The meeting was the first in a series of calls on Israeli officials that the Minister will be making during his four day visit.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister concerned about sentencing in Bahrain

    "It is deeply worrying that civilians are being tried before tribunals chaired by a military judge, with reports of abuse in detention, lack of access to legal counsel and coerced confessions."

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

  • "A powerful reminder of why the international community is acting to protect the Libyan people"

    Alistair Burt, FCO Minister for Middle East and North Africa spoke to people in the Libya Western Mountains about what they have seen, heard and experienced in the third Eyewitness Libya event.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East meets Egyptian political activists

    Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, today met a group of young, Egyptian activists from across the new political spectrum.

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

  • "A reconciliation and political process led by the Afghan Government is essential"

    Minister Alistair Burt discusses the UK’s position on efforts to reconcile and reintegrate members of the Taliban on the terms set out by the Afghan Government.

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

  • From poppies to prisons: Minister Alistair Burt discusses counter narcotics policy with Afghan MPs

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met with Mawlawi Shazada Shahed, Deputy Chair of the National Assembly of Afghanistan’s Counter Narcotics Committee.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister responds to Channel 4 documentary – ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields'

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: “I was shocked by the horrific scenes I saw in the documentary that was broadcast on 14 June."

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

  • UK condemns ongoing repression in Iran

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt calls on the Iranian authorities to release immediately all those detained yesterday and in the past two years for simply exercising what should be legitimate freedoms.

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