Apr. 02 2024
Source Page: The UK is deeply concerned about the potential for escalation in the Middle East and calls on all parties to reduce tensions: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: diplomatic and consular staff for the proper conduct of diplomatic relations.
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) It reminds us how important the attempts to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours really - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Friend commit to launching with our allies a new consensus on Iran and a new effort—with combined diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) Iran has directly or indirectly engineered a war in Gaza, with the aim of thwarting better relations - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I know how important it is to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours. - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) We are committed to using all diplomatic tools to ensure that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) It reminds us how important the attempts to normalise relations between Israel and its neighbours really - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) We recognise the threat from Iran. - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) They cannot heal while the kinds of actions being taken by Iran continue.Dealing with Iran is a matter - Speech Link
4: Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab - Life peer) we are doing enough to prepare for some of the threats that might happen in terms of international relations - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Our team, with expertise in journalism, international relations, and policy analysis, excels in political
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: It has also begun to flex its diplomatic muscles in the region, having helped finalise the recent
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Edwards (Ind - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the state of relations between - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We must continue to engage with China to work towards open, constructive and stable relations to manage - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend will have seen the stratospheric improvement in relations with France and its President that have - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: exercise in the Middle East in February 2022, publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, despite having no diplomatic
Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) The Foreign Secretary will recall that the chair of your Lordships’ House’s International Relations and - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) Documents published online suggest that 10 BBC Persian staff have been tried in Iran in absentia and - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I think we have a policy of using culture as a diplomatic weapon. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: In unstable contexts more broadly the UK should capitalise on its relations with other Arab League
Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) He had the audacity to smuggle the bomb through security in diplomatic bags. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of what the potential effect may be of UK actions against Iran through sanctions and changes in diplomatic - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) that have been raised.Unwavering support for democracy and freedom worldwide is central to Britain’s diplomatic - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We continue our diplomatic efforts, talking to countries in the region such as Oman and Turkey—the hon - Speech Link