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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

    Six out of ten voters said UK's exit from EU increased prospect of splitting up

    “Support for the Union is strong, but people are understandably nervous about the future. The UK needs a ‘new Unionism’”

    Most voters are in favor of the Union but believe Brexit has made the break-up of the United Kingdom more likely, polling has found. In England, 68% of adults backed the UK status quo followed by 66% in Wales, 59% in Northern Ireland and 52% in Scotland, according to the ICM research. But across the four nations, up to six out of 10 voters said Britain’s exit from the European Union had increased the prospect of the UK splitting up.

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 07:55 UTC

    Boris Johnson highlights Chile as one of the great global countries for free trade

    The Foreign Secretary held talks with President Sebastián Piñera

    British Foreign Secretary highlighted the close political links with Chile and commercial opportunities for UK companies during his brief visit to the country, as part of a more ambitious tour of other South American countries, Peru and Argentina.

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

    Boris Johnson interested in a trade agreement with Chile and the Pacific Alliance

    The Foreign Secretary held meetings with Chilean president Sebastián Piñera and his counterpart Roberto Ampuero

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson concluded a five-day charm offensive in South America on Wednesday by expressing interest in a trade agreement with Chile and other countries in the so-called Pacific Alliance. Johnson extended a trip to a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Buenos Aires to include a tour of Peru, Argentina and Chile, seeking closer ties with all three countries.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

    Johnson suggests a Foreign Office aircraft to help bolster post-Brexit trade

    “Look, I’m on record, I definitely think that we should have a flagship,” he told journalists. ”I think we probably do need something” (Pic Reuters)

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on a South America five-day visit of three countries suggested that Britain’s post-Brexit trade prospects could be bolstered if he had his own Foreign Office plane. Speaking in Buenos Aires Johnson said the official Voyager aircraft, on which the prime minister travels, was rarely available – and not colorful enough.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 06:55 UTC

    Johnson and Faurie agree to advance relations, despite the Falklands dispute

    Johnson said ”our two positions are well known ...but that does not preclude and should not preclude all what we are doing together now to build a partnership ...

    British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that relations with Argentina will continue to grow despite the nations’ dispute over the Falkland Islands sovereignty. Argentina still claims the Islands that it calls the Malvinas. Britain says the Falklands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory under its protection, confirmed by a 2013 referendum.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 06:16 UTC

    (Brexit) UK and Argentina on the same intelligent reinsertion to the global community

    “We should hail this moment, celebrate this moment of intelligent reinsertion”, Johnson told a crowd at a special event hosted by UK ambassador Mark Kent

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson forecasted a “new, exciting phase” in Anglo-Argentine relations as he wrapped up his visit to Buenos Aires. Johnson visited Argentina to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers summit. His visit was the first by a British Foreign Secretary in over 20 years.

  • Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:00 UTC

    Ex-London mayor resigns from Labour party following anti-Semitism controversy

    Livingstone rejected he was guilty of anti-Semitism or bringing Labour disrepute but his case had become a “distraction” for the party and its political ambitions.

    Ken Livingstone has said he is resigning from the Labour Party. The ex-London mayor has been suspended since 2016 in a row over allegations of anti-Semitism following comments he made about Hitler and Zionism.

  • Monday, May 21st 2018 - 09:12 UTC

    Foreign Secretary honors Argentine fallen during the Falklands conflict in Buenos Aires

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson lays a wreath at the ‘Monument to the Fallen’ in Buenos Aires, commemorating all those who died in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict

    British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Sunday laid a wreath to honor Argentine soldiers fallen while fighting the British in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict. Johnson, who is in Buenos Aires for a Group of 20 meeting, visited the Monument of the Fallen Soldiers on Sunday along with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie.

  • Monday, May 21st 2018 - 09:06 UTC

    Boris Johnson, first foreign secretary to visit Peru in fifty years

    Mr. Johnson joined Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and other high level Peruvian officials on a visit to Iquitos, located in the Amazon.

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson spent the first of his five-day visit to Latin America in Peru on Saturday 19 May. In the first visit of a British Foreign Secretary to Peru in over 50 years, Mr. Johnson joined Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and other high level Peruvian officials on a visit to Iquitos, located in the Amazon.

  • Monday, May 21st 2018 - 08:26 UTC

    UK and Spain discuss Brexit and Gibraltar in Madrid: “constructive meeting”

    “Mr Lidington reiterated that the UK is confident that by engaging in regular conversations with the Government of Gibraltar and our EU partners”

    Gibraltar was discussed in Madrid on Saturday during a wide-ranging meeting on Brexit between the UK’s Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington, and Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alfonso Dastis. Speaking after the meeting, Mr Lidington expressed confidence that a constructive agreement would be reached on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with Spain and the wider EU.