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Foreign Secretary William Hague talked about working with the Middle East and plans to develop the UK's global role in his speech to the Lord Mayor's banquet.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed today's UN Presidential Statement on Syria which demands that the regime pull back troops by 10 April.
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How UK aid and the HALO Trust are helping farmers reclaim their fields in Afghanistan
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt met Bahrain Minister for Follow Up at the Royal Court of Bahrain Sheikh Ahmed bin Atiyatallah Al Khalifa.
The second meeting of the Friends of Syria has taken place today. Foreign Secretary William Hague attended the gathering of the international community in Istanbul.
Speaking today in an interview with Andrew Marr on BBC 1, Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed international action on Syria.
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the Friends of Syria meeting in Istanbul on 1 April.
Full text of the Chairman's Conclusions of the International Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People on 1 April.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed concern about reports that Ali Mahmoud Othman has been captured by the Syrian regime, and has also voiced concern about prominent activist Noura Aljizawi.
Foreign Secretary William Hague met Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalam in London on 28 March.
Foreign Secretary William Hague will announce that he has agreed to provide half a million pounds of British support to Syria's political opposition.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt calls on all those with a stake in Yemen’s future to work together to make political, economic and security reform a reality.
Foreign Secretary William Hague addressed the London School of Economics event 'International Policy Responses to Change in the Arab World" on 27 March.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for Syria to implement the joint United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan's six point plan.
The next Friends of Yemen meeting will be held on 23 of May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose further sanctions on Syria.
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has today adopted a resolution which further condemns the appalling human rights violations in Syria.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has welcomed progress that the Bahraini government has made so far in implementing the Independent Commission of Inquiry report.
The winners of the 2011 'Inquirer Awards' for investigative journalism in the Middle East today met FCO officials as part of a UK visit.
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