Tag: Simon McDonald

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  China and UK clash over the protests in ex-British colony Hong Kong

  

  China bluntly told Britain on Wednesday to “refrain from further interference” and London summoned Beijing's ambassador for a dressing down in a rapidly-escalating diplomatic feud over Hong Kong.

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Top Foreign Office diplomat visits Falklands to address Brexit and consequences

  

  Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service at the Foreign Office (FCO) this week assured that the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the FCO are “working on a common agenda, which is to secure the future of the Falkland Islands.”