Tag: William Hague

Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 03:17 UTC
China calls for restraint in Syria and says military intervention can only worsen the crisis

China's foreign minister urged restraint in the growing tensions over Syria, saying any military intervention in the crisis would only worsen turmoil in the Middle East. China all along has tried to maintain a neutral position on the issue, not accompanying the West’s intentions of imposing sanctions to Syria but calling on Damascus to begin talking with the rebels.
Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 02:27 UTC
Gibraltar will bring in construction materials by sea, skirting Spanish ban

Gibraltar will sidestep an ‘illegal’ Spanish ban on overland cross-border shipments of rock, sand and aggregates by shipping the vital building materials in by sea. The ban was announced at the weekend by the Spanish authorities, which are denying export permission for these commodities and say they are being used to reclaim land in breach of EU environmental rules.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:21 UTC
Spain conditions talks with UK to removal of cement blocks from Gibraltar bay

Spain will only discuss about fisheries with the UK after the blocks dumped into the Gibraltar bay have been removed, said foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in a Sunday interview with the right wing newspaper La Razon.
Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:17 UTC
Gibraltar praises UK and Spain for quick action in de-escalating situation

Gibraltar Government House issued a statement following Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and PM David Cameron exchange and later intervention of foreign ministers Garcia-Margallo and William Hague to find a way to de-escalate the situation by reducing measures at the Gib/Spain border.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:53 UTC
Hague and Garcia-Margallo committed to diplomatic solution to Spain/Gibraltar border dispute

British Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke on Wednesday to his Spanish peer Jose Garcia Margallo with the commitment of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute at the Spain/Gibraltar border.
Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:12 UTC
Insulza meets Hague and presents report on the Drug Problem in the Americas at Chatham House

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday presented in London the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas during a forum organized by Chatham House in which political authorities and experts in the issue took part.
Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 04:56 UTC
Spain warns Hague that it will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks

Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel García-Margallo has told his UK counterpart, William Hague that Spain will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks “whenever necessary” because this was in line with Madrid’s EU obligations and that Guardia Civil officers were searching for contraband.
Monday, June 17th 2013 - 19:25 UTC
Assange prepared to remain in Ecuadorean embassy in London another five years

Ecuador will continue to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum at its London embassy, the foreign minister said on Monday after failing to reach a solution to the case with Britain.
Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 17:35 UTC
Falklands: British nation pays tribute to Sir Rex Hunt’s courage and leadership

The British Government has paid tribute to Sir Rex Hunt for his courage and leadership as Governor of the Falkland Islands during Argentina’s 1982 invasion and for his part in the modern, prosperous Falklands of today.
Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Falklands’ hero and 1982 governor Sir Rex Hunt honoured by Foreign Secretary

The British Government’s, “pride and thanks,” was expressed at Sir Rex Hunt’s memorial service in London last Tuesday. Sir Rex Hunt was Governor of the Falkland Islands when the Argentine military invasion on 2 April 1982. After the conflict Sir Rex who the Argentines expelled from the Islands returned to this job at Government House in Stanley.