Mentions:
1: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) Relations have certainly picked up since the summit with Putin. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) global human rights sanctions regime—Magnitsky sanctions—to hold to account officials in Belarus, Haiti, Iran - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) In the negotiations with Iran that worked effectively until the Trump regime was in government, the E3 - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: In doing so it will also give evidence relevant to the deterrence of Iran from hostile action though
Asked by: Lord Hylton (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the recent restoration of diplomatic relations between several Middle Eastern states.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We welcome the recent agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran if it leads to a de-escalation of tension. The onus is on Iran to honour its commitments. We also welcome the Abraham Accords as a historic milestone bringing us closer to the goal of shared prosperity and peace throughout the region. The UK is working with regional partners to ensure the Abraham Accords are an enduring success, and we continue to encourage other countries who have not yet normalised their relations with Israel to do so. We continue to support efforts to ensure normalisation also delivers benefits for the Palestinians.
Written Evidence Oct. 17 2023
Inquiry: Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relationsFound: RIU0003 - Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relations European Council on Foreign
Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) They must undertake all diplomatic efforts to foster dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan and help - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In addition to refugee rights in FORB, the UK must maintain relations and monitoring of the rights of - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) connecting Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave and to Turkey, cutting off Armenia’s southern border with Iran - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Members have eloquently set out, relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are deeply complex. - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We continue to engage energetically on the diplomatic front.I am encouraged by both sides’ openness to - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0013 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa National Council of Resistance of Iran
Mentions:
1: Lord Risby (Con - Life peer) Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, supported by his linkages to countries such as North Korea and Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) centrality: in 2022, China struck a security pact with the Solomon Islands; in January, Nauru switched diplomatic - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) It was the height of the golden era of Sino-British relations under the then Prime Minister, now the - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Dec. 05 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Philosophy and Religion Department, University of Lancaster, and School of Politics and International Relations
Oral Evidence Dec. 05 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: would have been impossible without Iran.
Oral Evidence Dec. 05 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: would have been impossible without Iran.