Sentences with phrase «foreign office officials»

More details emerge of controversial meetings between UK foreign office officials and George Papadopoulos.

The international development secretary, Priti Patel, has accused Foreign Office officials of briefing against her following claims she broke the ministerial code by holding undeclared meetings in Israel.

George Papadopoulos had three separate meetings with British Foreign Office officials in September 2016, we can reveal for the first time.

Andrew Mitchell's personal intervention in a lobbying case involving a rich cocoa magnate triggered concerns among Foreign Office officials, it has emerged.

A leaked memo over the weekend revealed that foreign office officials plan to «tame» Trump by exploiting his inexperience.

Foreign Office officials can tap into Chatham House's network of connections - with other governments, foreign businesses, individuals, similar organisations, etc - as well as its own expertise.

They include comprehensive legal advice describing the basis for the operation and comments from senior Foreign Office officials and lawyers.

Syrian ambassador Sami Khiyami has been called in by Foreign Office officials as the UK strengthens its rhetoric over violence in Syria.

«Foreign Office officials are in close contact with all the families,» the Foreign Office added.

She added that Mr Blair had «absolutely never used his position as a Quartet representative to further business interests» and suggested that it was in «the country's interests» for Foreign Office officials to support Mr Blair's work abroad.

Foreign Office officials became aware of Patel's first meetings, according to a statement given to the Commons by Burt on 7 November.

Later, Foreign Office officials insisted that Mr Hague and his counterpart Avigdor Liberman «expressed their appreciation for the breadth and intensity of official exchanges between the two governments and affirmed their shared commitment to an early meeting of the high - level UK - Israel strategic dialogue».

Already, Number 10, ambassadors, embassies and Foreign Office officials are fixing diaries in the hope of Mrs May being one of the first through the White House door next January.

«The review is primarily a British exercise about British national interests,» a Foreign Office official said.

The British government has not yet received a formal offer for a trial, a senior Foreign Office official told politics.co.uk earlier.

Not exact matches

The newly unsealed charge, filed October 3 by the special counsel Robert Mueller's office, said that on January 27 Papadopoulos lied to FBI agents about «the timing, extent, and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials.»

Britain has already felt the impact of the tougher Xi approach over Hong Kong with the refusal late last year to allow a Commons select committee to visit the former colony and, in January, the snubbing of the Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire by the two most senior Hong Kong officials.

China's foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, his office said Monday, becoming the highest - ranking Chinese official to travel there in years as Beijing moves to further improve ties with Pyongyang days after a landmark inter-Korean summit.

Starwood Hotels received approval from the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, as well as Cuban officials, to operate in the country and has signed a deal with one of Havana's top hotel chains to operate three hotels.

It is, of course, illegal for an incoming Administration to discuss policies with foreign officials before taking office, as it implies authority they do not yet have.

The IRF office carries out its mission by issuing reports on persecution, meeting with foreign government officials, partnering with NGOs, and reaching out to religious communities.

A statement on Arsenal's official website read: «Supporters planning to go to our Europa League quarter - final away to CSKA Moscow on Thursday, April 12 should be aware of the following travel advice, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:

They are consulting relevant officials in the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office, making it «very much in - house».

With the Lisbon Treaty, the member states of the European Union (EU) established a European External Action Service (EEAS), otherwise known as the «European foreign service», consisting of several thousand officials drawn from the EU institutions and national diplomatic offices.

On May 19, the New York Times published a story which said that according to the official White House minutes of President Trump's May 10 Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, President Trump said this:

When he arrived in the street at 6.30 pm, the plucky Pole surprised everyone, including Mr Cameron, by arriving at the Horseguards Parade end of Downing Street and emerging on foot from the iron gates by the Foreign Office, instead of being driven in a limo from the Whitehall end, which most official visitors are.

Foreign Office and development ministers will today outline a new rulebook guiding British officials on how to support and monitor elections overseas.

The Foreign Office has also ceased cooperation with Moscow on a number of other issues, starting with restrictions on visas for Russian officials.

Mr Mohamed was cleared for release after a Foreign Office delegation of officials and doctors assessed his physical condition.

Officials in Mitchell's office also contacted the Foreign Office to say that the matter required «urgent attention&roffice also contacted the Foreign Office to say that the matter required «urgent attention&rOffice to say that the matter required «urgent attention».

Meanwhile former shadow Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledged to raise the matter with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), and the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, stating: «These further revelations about the shadowy ERG and their influence over the government in pushing an ultra hard Brexit agenda, in conflict with official government policy, are deeply concerning.

Today Mr Miliband said the Foreign Office had been receiving «very serious reports of the intimidation and harassment of British Council officials».

As the longest serving, Larry has occupied a place in No 10 longer than Theresa May, while Palmerston was brought in after then - foreign office chief Philip Hammond insisted the growing pest problem had given officials «paws for thought».

«By then senior officials in the Foreign Office and Number 10 will have been involved in months of discussions with their counterparts in other European countries,» he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

«There is however great unease across the Foreign Office, amongst both minister and senior officials, in the way recent decisions are being made.»

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The Foreign Office made the announcement on its official Twitter handle on Friday...

The warning from the Foreign Office comes as police investigate allegations that embassy officials took photographs of anti-regime protestors in London and passed the photographs to their families still living in Syria as a means of intimidation.

There have also been some prosecutorial flairs in what had previously been a regulator's office: Lawsky, working with federal officials, won massive payments for the state by threatening to revoke the charters of several foreign banks, including BNP Paribas and Standard Charter.

«These costs relate to nearly four years of expenditure including, amongst other things, staff pay, office supplies, telephone calls and rental, as well as the official entertainment of foreign dignitaries and parliamentarians traditionally provided by the Speaker's office,» she said.

Officials were wrong to claim she had not informed the Foreign Office (FCO) about the visit, during which she met the leader of one of Israel's political parties and businesspeople while accompanied by a major lobbyist, she told the Guardian.

The businessman began accompanying the politician on official shadow foreign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the Foreign Office in a future Tory goveforeign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the Foreign Office in a future Tory goveForeign Office in a future Tory government.

The Foreign Office has secured the role of National Security Adviser for one of its senior officials, Sir Peter Ricketts.

The Speaker's spokeswoman said: «These costs relate to nearly four years of expenditure including, amongst other things, staff pay, office supplies, telephone calls and rental, as well as the official entertainment of foreign dignitaries and parliamentarians traditionally provided by the Speaker's Ooffice supplies, telephone calls and rental, as well as the official entertainment of foreign dignitaries and parliamentarians traditionally provided by the Speaker's OfficeOffice.

The international development secretary first claimed that stories that she'd met Israeli officials while on holiday this summer were an attack by the Foreign Office.

In May 2009, an official with the British Foreign Office — Colin Roberts, who is responsible for overseas territories — briefed U.S. diplomatic staff about government plans to create a marine reserve in the archipelago, which is within the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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«If food prices continue to be high, there are risks of riots,» Diouf cautioned on Wednesday, during a London meeting to talk with foreign office and aid officials.

However, many foreign firms with offices in China, including Dentons, have for decades taken advantage of a loophole that allows them to advise multinational clients on «the Chinese legal environment,» meaning they can handle a wide variety of domestic matters short of appearing in court or signing official documents.

Then there is second thing, that prohibits officials from «accept [ing] of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state», without Congressional approval.