This week at the Foreign Office
A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
Attack on US Consulate
Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the 鈥渂rutal and senseless鈥� in which four people were killed, including US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
In light of this the Foreign Office has updated the to advise against all travel to Benghazi.
Foreign Secretary visits Egypt and Iraq
On Tuesday the Foriegn Secretary visited Egypt for meetings with the .
鈥淭his visit has served to further broaden and deepen already strong ties existing between our two countries.
鈥淚 told President Mursi that Britain will continue to support the political and economic transition in Egypt and I delivered a letter from Prime Minister David Cameron to President Mursi inviting the President to visit London in the near future. We want to build an effective partnership which will strengthen democracy in Egypt, build prosperity and increase security for the people of both our countries.鈥�
In Iraq the Foreign Secretary met the :
鈥淭his visit has helped to reaffirm the UK鈥檚 long-standing friendship with Iraq and its people and had helped to further develop strong trade and commercial ties between our countries.
鈥淚 told Prime Minister al-Maliki that Britain will continue to support the political process in Iraq and the government鈥檚 efforts to deliver stability. 皇冠体育app UK recognises that Iraq still faces significant threats from extremists, but the security situation has generally improved. We will continue to be closely engaged on this issue.鈥�
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Somalia
Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated the new president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his election and describing it as a significant moment for Somalia, and an . Foreign Secretary on Tuesday.
On Thursday, Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds where the President of Somalia and the Kenyan Foreign Minister were staying.
Also this week:
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皇冠体育app , from now on a flag of each UK Overseas Territory will be flown for one day
- Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi spoke after reports of growing number of deaths following
- Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire called for