The Secretary of State's remit includes: relations with foreign countries, matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the overseas territories in addition to the promotion of British interests abroad.
The position of 'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs' was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Home and Foreign Offices, respectively. The position of 'Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' came into existence in 1968 with the merger of the functions of 'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs' and 'Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs' into a single Department of State. The India Office was a predecessor department of the Foreign Office.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (also known as the Foreign Ministry) is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that conducts and manages Sri Lanka's relations with other countries. The ministry is housed at the Republic Building in Colombo fort.
The ministry has 40 overseas missions including 13 High Commissions, 40 Embassies, 2 Permanent Representations to the United Nations, 14 consulates and a representative office. It provides consular assistance to Sri Lankans traveling, working and studying overseas.
The ForeignSecretary 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 ...
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).
He said that the UK has influence “when a BritishForeignSecretary 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”.
HomeSecretary 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.
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 ...
The ForeignSecretary 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.
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.
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.”.
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.”.
The Chancellor, whose wife is Chinese, stressed the benefits of allowing skilled foreign workers into the UK when he was asked about the HomeSecretary’s recent remarks ... Other senior Tories, including the Home Secretary’s predecessor Dame Priti Patel, have also taken aim at Ms Braverman’s speech.