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Each year our Latvian 🇱🇻 friends gift 🇬🇧 a Christmas tree. At the ceremony, I signed a Joint Declaration with @edgarsrinkevics to:
➡️ Defend Europe's frontier of freedom
➡️ Boost trade & security links
➡️ Deepen tech ties & ensure standards shaped by free world
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The sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi is another appalling attempt by Myanmar’s military regime to stifle opposition and suppress freedom and democracy.
The UK 🇬🇧 calls on the regime to release political prisoners, engage in dialogue and allow a return to democracy.
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Fantastic that the decades-long ban on British lamb to 🇺🇸 has been lifted.
The US is the 🌎’s second-largest importer of lamb and this decision will give 🇬🇧 farmers an £18m boost - supporting jobs and livelihoods in rural communities👇
aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom…
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A strong @NATO means a safer, better UK🇬🇧 and a safer, better world🌍
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🇬🇧 is standing up for freedom & democracy across Europe and around the world. This week, I met NATO and OSCE Foreign Ministers to advance the cause of liberty.
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🇬🇧🇷🇺 Met Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Stockholm @OSCE. I re-stated the UK's support for Ukraine's sovereignty. We also discussed Iran and Afghanistan and bilateral issues.
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NEW: We are appointing Sir Stuart Peach as our new 🇬🇧 Special Envoy for the Western Balkans.
He will defend and promote freedom and democracy in the region and build ties as part of our ongoing commitment to peace and stability. gov.uk/government/new…
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Productive @NATO meeting in Riga this week. 🇬🇧 believes in a world where democracy and freedom don’t just survive, they thrive.
We stand with our European and NATO allies to defend these principles, counter malign actors and build a global network of liberty 🌎
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Good meeting our 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷 friends and allies @NATO in Riga. We discussed:
✅ Our commitment to NATO, freedom and democracy
✅ Support for Ukraine and concern over the threat of incursion
✅ Stopping Iran acquire nuclear weapons
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🇬🇧 and our @NATO allies stand with Ukraine and will defend the frontiers of freedom and democracy. Any incursion by Russia would be a serious strategic mistake. Read my @DailyMailUK piece👇
dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
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Just arrived in Riga 🇱🇻 for meeting of @NATO Foreign Ministers. Look forward to discussing:
➡️🇬🇧UK's enduring commitment to NATO and our allies at the frontier of freedom
➡️ Countering hybrid warfare like cyber and migration
➡️ Our collective response to Russian aggression
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Proud meeting 🇬🇧 NATO troops in Estonia at the frontier of freedom.
Britain stands with our @NATO allies to defend liberty and democracy and counter malign threats.
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NEW: My friend @yairlapid and I have signed an agreement to take the UK-Israel 🇬🇧🇮🇱 relationship into a bold new era. Our likeminded democracies will work more closely on:
✅ Science and tech
✅ Trade, investment and development
✅ Security and cyber
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🇬🇧 🇮🇱 stand together as freedom-loving democracies. We’re taking our friendship to even greater heights.
Read my @Telegraph piece with Israeli FM @yairlapid on how we will deepen our economic, tech and security ties over the next decade and beyond 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/2…
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Happy Chanukah to the Jewish Community. #Chanukah
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Great to visit #MI6 to talk about how our intelligence agencies are leading the fight to defend our freedom and support our allies. We are:
➡️ building stronger security relationships around the world
➡️ defending our democracy
➡️ keeping the British people safe
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Launched British International Investment today 🇬🇧👇
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We have launched British International Investment to deliver honest, reliable finance to countries across Asia, Africa & the Caribbean. It will:
✅ Create 🇬🇧 jobs
✅ Drive clean growth
✅ Draw more nations into the orbit of free-market democracies
gov.uk/government/new…
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Read my interview in @FT about the launch of British International Investment (BII) to deliver honest, reliable finance to countries across Asia, Africa & the Caribbean. 🇬🇧👇 twitter.com/FT/status/1463…
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🇬🇧 🇮🇱 Israel is our great friend and fellow freedom-loving democracy. Great meeting President @Isaac_Herzog to discuss:
✅ Deepening our economic partnership, inc. trade and investment
✅ Closer tech ties and ensuring the free world shapes tech standards
✅ Security & defence
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Hamas will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Important announcement by @pritipatel that will help tackle the scourge of anti-semitism.👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/hamas-…
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We stand with our allies and will not look away while Latvia, Lithuania and Poland bear the brunt of an orchestrated crisis that distracts from malign behaviour by the Belarusian regime.
Read our joint statement 👇gov.uk/government/new…
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NEW: The UK is:
👉 Leading a global push to draw a ‘red line’ on rape as a weapon of war
👉 Hosting a major summit to tackle sexual violence in conflict
gov.uk/government/new…
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Watch my video about last week's visit to Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia to build our economic & security ties.🌏👇
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. MP for South West Norfolk.