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HMS Montrose, a frigate of the Royal Navy, was in Colombo today as part of her routine deployment in the Indian Ocean.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Mr John Pearson has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
H.E Charles Hay welcomes back Malaysian Chevening scholars from the 2017/18 academic year and signs MoU with new Chevening partner in Malaysia - the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.
Mrs Sarah Hulton OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UN, at the Security Council briefing on International Humanitarian Law
Statement by UK Minister of State for the UN and the Commonwealth, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, at the UN Security Council briefing on Mali.
The British High Commission is seeking implementing partners to deliver the project activity between May 2019 and March 2020.
Mr James Sharp has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Writing in the Washington Post, the Foreign Secretary says there is no doubt that Britain will retain all the capabilities of a global power after Brexit.
HM Ambassador Alison Kemp's opening remarks at a conference addressing election legislation and political finance reform in Montenegro.
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UN, at the Security Council Open Debate on countering the financing of terrorism.
Lord Ahmad gave a statement at a session which passed resolutions for Syria, South Sudan, Iran, Sri Lanka and Libya and launched a media freedom campaign.
HMS Dragon is one of the world’s most advanced warships and the most successful Royal Naval vessel to conduct counter narcotics operation in number and size.
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to UN, at the Security Council Briefing on UNDOF/Golan Heights
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UN, at the Security Council Briefing on Syria
The UK government has published its latest six-monthly report to parliament on the implementation of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on the question of Hong Kong, covering developments from 1 July to 31 December 2018.
Statement by Stephen Hickey, UK Political Coordinator at the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on the Great Lakes Region
The Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his Icelandic counterpart Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence & security.
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on the Middle East Peace Process
The Foreign Secretary and the International Development Secretary have released a joint statement on the fourth anniversary of the intervention by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition into the Yemen conflict.
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