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Foreign Secretary Instructs Ambassadors to Help Stop the Boats

The Epoch Times 02 Oct 2023
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he has written to foreign diplomats in the UK about immigrants using small boats to cross the English Channel ... ....
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James Cleverly announces Falkland Islands visit amid row with Argentina

The Daily Telegraph 02 Oct 2023
The Foreign Secretary told an audience at a Conservative Party Conference drinks reception in Manchester on Sunday night that he would “make absolutely clear” that the UK supported the islands’ right to self-determination ... On Sunday night, the Foreign Secretary said that in ...
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Empty Seats And A Row Over Tax As Tory Party Conference Gets Off To A ...

AOL 02 Oct 2023
Foreign secretary James Cleverly and defence secretary Grant Shapps were confronted with rows of empty seats as the annual get-together kicked off in Manchester ... It is stark how few party activists are in the main hall for the big speeches (this is the audience for Foreign Secretary James Cleverly).
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Cleverly warns Beijing that war with Taiwan would collapse Chinese economy

AOL 02 Oct 2023
He said that the UK has influence “when a British Foreign Secretary basically says ‘you need to do things differently, otherwise, you will see international trade subtly, gently trending away from you’” at at time when China is struggling to get the double-digit economic growth it needs “to fund its contract with its own society”.
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Rishi Sunak faces cabinet split on taking UK out of Human Rights pact

Financial Express 02 Oct 2023
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is a long-time advocate of leaving the convention ... “I don’t feel that in order to achieve what we need to achieve, to protect our borders, we are necessitated to leave the ECHR,” Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said.
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Suella Braverman is wrong about race, say Patel and Cleverly

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Oct 2023
James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, also said Braverman was wrong on multiculturalism, pointing to the fact that he, the prime minister and the home secretary were from ethnic minorities, which showed that the UK had been “brilliant at integrating people who have come to ...
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Cleverly announces visit to Falkland Islands amid ongoing dispute

ITV 02 Oct 2023
The Foreign Secretary has announced he will visit the Falkland Islands to demonstrate support for the territory’s self-determination ... The visit would be the first by a British cabinet minister since 2016, when then-defence secretary Michael Fallon flew to the Falklands, prompting fears it would enflame tensions with Argentina.
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Move against fund to Pakistan foiled in US Congress

Dawn 02 Oct 2023
But prior to the obligation of funds, the US Secretary of State shall submit a report to congressional committees detailing the amount of financing and other support, by the government of Pakistan to schools supported by, affiliated with, or run by the Taliban or any domestic or foreign terrorist organisation in Pakistan.
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Korea makes last-ditch bid to host World Expo 2030 in Busan

Korea Times 02 Oct 2023
Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... During the meeting with the secretary general, the foreign minister emphasized that “the theme Busan is trying to show at the World Expo is timely as international solidarity is needed to respond to global challenges such as climate change and digital transformation.”.
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NZ GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND DELEGATION MEET PM ANWAR

Malaysian National News Agency 02 Oct 2023
Also present were Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh, who is also minister-in-attendance, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Foreign Ministry’s chief secretary Datuk Seri Amran ...
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Tories admit they are ‘underdogs’ at polls as annual conference opens

Dawn 02 Oct 2023
Recently appointed Defence Secretary Grant Shapps — back from a midweek visit to Ukraine — and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly also maintained the partisan attacks in speeches, as the looming election increasingly dominates.
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Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland Discussed at U.S. Senate Hearing

Pagosa Daily Post 02 Oct 2023
Foreign ownership of U.S ... Gloria Montaño Greene, USDA’s deputy under secretary for farm production and conservation, told senators that while Congress did direct the USDA to modernize its foreign investment reporting system within three years, the USDA “was not provided funding to implement these requirements.”.
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Hunt distances himself from Braverman’s migration speech

AOL 02 Oct 2023
The Chancellor, whose wife is Chinese, stressed the benefits of allowing skilled foreign workers into the UK when he was asked about the Home Secretary’s recent remarks ... Other senior Tories, including the Home Secretary’s predecessor Dame Priti Patel, have also taken aim at Ms Braverman’s speech.
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Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies

Stars and Stripes 02 Oct 2023
European Union foreign ministers converged on the Ukrainian capital for an unannounced informal meeting that officials said would review the bloc’s support for Ukraine and discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposed peace formula ... Defense Secretary Grant Shapps insisted “we’re a long way from the U.S.
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Every Russian commander who led the invasion of Ukraine has lost their job, former UK ...

Business Insider 02 Oct 2023
Not a single commander who led the major Russian units into Ukraine is still in place."British then Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and German Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius (not pictured) speak to the media following talks on May 17, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
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