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Update on the second round of negotiations for an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A new agreement recognising UK professional qualifications in Switzerland is being signed today
Update on the first round of negotiations for an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement
The UK and Switzerland issue a joint statement to kickstart negotiations on a modern free trade agreement.
UK Business and Trade Secretary, Kemi Badenoch, launches negotiations for a modern, updated free trade agreement with Switzerland.
The foreign ministers of 27 countries and the EU High Representative urged the Taliban to reverse restrictions on women and girls’ human rights and freedoms.
New UK funding for Education Cannot Wait (ECW) will provide safe learning spaces, teaching materials and support for world's most vulnerable children.
Foreign ministers of 22 countries and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs gave a statement on the 2-year anniversary of the Myanmar military coup.
Business Secretary Grant Shapps marked the handover at Davos of the next Ukraine Recovery Conference which will take place in London in June 2023.
Foreign ministers from 12 countries, and the EU, gave a statement after the Taliban’s order barred Afghan women from working for non-governmental organisations.
The foreign ministers gave a joint statement condemning the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan.
UK and Switzerland agree three-year extension to the Services Mobility Agreement, enabling UK professionals to work in Switzerland without a permit for up to 90 days
Ambassador Raphael Nägeli from Switzerland gave a statement on behalf of 12 OSCE states to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
During the plenary, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss spoke about how the UK will lead in supporting the Government of Ukraine's reconstruction and development plan.
Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan's plenary session speech at the WTO’s twelfth Ministerial Conference.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) HQ in London will be lit up tonight in honour of Her Majesty The Queen.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted President Ignazio Cassis at Downing Street.
The UK has started work for a new enhanced trade deal with Switzerland following talks between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Swiss President Ignazio Cassis.
Mr James Squire has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Her Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
The Troika (Norway, the UK and the USA), Canada, Switzerland, and EU have issued a statement condemning recent political arrests in Sudan.
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