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Parliamentary Research
Relationship between the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - CDP-2024-0025
Feb. 01 2024

Found: ongoing tensions between the regional and federal government in Iraq, and UK Government statements and diplomatic

Select Committee
MENA Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations
 MENA0006 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa MENA Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Select Committee
European Commission, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Jack Straw: As it is, we do have diplomatic relations with Iran—thankfully we never lost them—and some

Select Committee
School of History, St Andrew’s University, and Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Jack Straw: As it is, we do have diplomatic relations with Iran—thankfully we never lost them—and some

Select Committee
Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
 MUL0003 - International relations within the multilateral system

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral system
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: MUL0003 - International relations within the multilateral system Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

Commons Chamber
Defending the UK and Allies - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) As a UN Security Council penholder on Yemen, the UK is continuing to use our diplomatic and political - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) That means all diplomatic tools, including—as my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) The Prime Minister may not be aware—perhaps he is—that I am not the greatest expert on international relations - Speech Link
4: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) To avoid any wider war, do we not now need an emphasis on de-escalation and diplomatic efforts? - Speech Link
5: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) That applies to Iran primarily, but also to its proxies. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Britain-Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM)
 MENA0066 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: which brokered the JCPOA has been fractured by Russian aggression in Ukraine and shifting diplomatic

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) this issue with the Palestinian Authority and highlighted our belief that it is not conducive to good relations - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) Hamas’s leaders have even publicly lavished praise on Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Speech Link
3: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) They raised the fact that Iran is very much behind this, so why have we yet to proscribe the IRGC? - Speech Link
4: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) relations with Iran. - Speech Link

Select Committee
European Leadership Network UK (ELNET UK)
 MENA0014 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: UK ELNET UK is the UK partner of the European Leadership Network (ELNET) which works to strengthen relations

Select Committee
The Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianization Project (SEPAD)
 MENA0031 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Saudi Arabia and Iran, arguably the two main regional powers, are involved in a complex but, for the