This week at the Foreign Office
A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
皇冠体育app Foreign Secretary started the week in South Africa on a visit which aimed to reinvigorate the UK鈥檚 relationship with the country. While there he gave speech on a . He then travelled to Botswana for talks with Foreign Minister Skelemani
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On Thursday the UN voted to back the Arab League鈥檚 plan for a Syrian-led solution to the crisis in Syria. 皇冠体育app it sent a 鈥渃lear signal of the international community鈥檚 condemnation of the Syrian regime鈥檚 actions鈥�.
皇冠体育app leaders of the when they met in Paris today.
A year on from the uprising in Libya, the Foreign Secretary announced .
Minister for the South Asia Alistair Burt welcomed the announcement that the World Trade Organisation would grant .
Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne visited India as part of the UK鈥檚 commitment to build a stronger wider and deeper partnership with India. While there he looked ahead to the London Olympics where he joined two of India鈥檚 sporting champions for sports fixtures involving local children.
As London Fashion Week starts, Fashion designers John Rocha and Louise Kennedy talked to us about .
Also this week:
- Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell was part of a ministerial delegation to visit the
- 皇冠体育app British Embassy in Madrid warned of
- Lord Bates completed a in support of the Olympic Truce