Tag: David Rutley

Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 08:26 UTC
“We want a good relationship with Argentina, but will never negotiate Falkland Islanders rights”

”The UK Government will always protect and promote the Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination and only they can decide their future. We want a good relationship with Argentina, but have been very clear that we will never negotiate away the Islanders’ democratic rights. My right honorable Friend the Foreign Secretary (Lord David Cameron) reassured the Islanders about our enduring commitment during his welcome visit to the Falkland Islands last month,“ David Rutley, Under Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, replied to questions from Parliament members on Tuesday, who asked ”What steps he is taking to uphold the Falkland Islanders right to self determination?.
Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:26 UTC
UK improving links with BOTs; announcement this year, Minister Rutley tells Parliament

“The FCDO is leading a refresh of the UK's strategy on the Overseas Territories, for publication this year,” said Minister of State Foreign Office for the Americas and Overseas Territories, David Rutley when asked in Parliament about plans to bolster ties and collaboration with the British Overseas Territories.
Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:20 UTC
South Georgia expands by 36%, –166.000km2– area closed to fishing activities in its Southern Ocean MPA

The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) has announced plans to extend the spatial extent of No Take Zones in the SGSSI Marine Protected Area (MPA), increasing their area from 283,000km2 to 449,000km2.
Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 06:33 UTC
Minister Rutley's second visit to the Falklands in a month: big changes in South Atlantic fisheries policies?

Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley has been to the Falkland Islands again this week, the second visit in a month, and in the meantime this did not prevent him from on December 10, to represent the British government in Buenos Aires for the taking office ceremony of Argentine extreme liberal president, Javier Milei.
Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 07:09 UTC
UK sends HMS Trent in support of Guyana

The Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Trent has been dispatched to Guyana in a show of British support for the Commonwealth nation. Guyana is suffering threats of invasion and land grabbing by neighboring Venezuela which claims some two-thirds of the former British colony's territory.
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Rutley meets with Ali to reaffirm UK's support to Guyana in Essequibo controversy

British Minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley met Monday in Georgetown with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali to reaffirm the United Kingdom's support to the South American country in their controversy with Venezuela over the 160,000 km2 oil-rich Essequibo region.
Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
UK and Chile signed a five year Antarctica Cooperation Agreement

Foreign Office minister for the Americas, the Caribbean, and British Overseas Territories, David Rutley, has been quite busy in his areas of influence. At the end of October, he visited Peru to commemorate two hundred years of close relations between Britain and the Andean country. Rutley later travelled to Santiago, where he also had a busy agenda given UK's and the Royal Navy strong alliance with Chile.
Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:38 UTC
Foreign office minister Rutley in Falklands, “Islanders elected to belong to the British Family”

David Rutley, Foreign Office Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories, is currently in the Falkland Islands where he arrived on Thursday to show UK' determination in upholding the right of self determination for the Islanders and their democratic decision to belong to the British Family.
Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:01 UTC
Rutley celebrates 80 years of Canning House and reaffirms UK's constant support of the Falklands

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Americas and the Caribbean David Rutley was the main speaker at the event celebrating the work and achievements of Canning House during the last eighty years.
Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Minister Rutley discusses football and trade while visiting Uruguay

After spending Tuesday in Paraguay for the inauguration of president Santiago Peña, British foreign minister for the Americas, David Rutley visited neighboring Uruguay where he met with local authorities, visited the Centenario stadium and participated in a reception for UK/Uruguay business chamber and friendship members.