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Increasing restrictions on opposition voices & civil society in Hong Kong are deeply concerning:
➡️ 55 democratically elected district councillors disqualified & 250+ pressured to resign 🗳️
➡️ Trade unions forced to disband 👷
➡️ 🇬🇧 calls on HK Gov to uphold freedom of speech
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🇬🇧🇳🇿 Brilliant work by @annietrev and team. The UK and NZ share a fundamental belief in democracy and freedom. Our trade deal will:
✅ Boost economic ties between two free trading nations
✅ Pave the way for 🇬🇧 to join #CPTPP
✅ Bring jobs and opportunities across the UK👇 twitter.com/10DowningStree…
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🇬🇧🇸🇦 An honour to meet my Saudi counterpart His Highness @FaisalbinFarhan in Riyadh today to discuss:
🌍 Working together on infrastructure in Africa and Asia
🛡 Security
📈 An even stronger UK-Saudi trade relationship
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Our flag flies as a symbol of openness, freedom and reliability around the world 🌎🇬🇧
Read my speech from the Global Investment Summit on why investors should put their money into the United Kingdom👇
gov.uk/government/spe…
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🇬🇧🇮🇱 The UK and Israel are close friends and allies who believe in democracy and enterprise. Great discussion with FM @yairlapid on ways to deepen our cooperation across:
💷 Trade and investment
💻 Science & tech
🤝 Security and defence cooperation
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Iran's decision to proceed with baseless charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is utterly unacceptable.
There are no credible grounds to continue to hold her and she must be released permanently.
I will do all I can to help Nazanin and her family.
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Devastated to hear the terrible news about Sir David Amess MP. He was a lovely, lovely man and a superb parliamentarian. My thoughts are with all his family and friends.
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Ireland 🇮🇪 is an important friend to the UK 🇬🇧. Good conversation with Foreign Minister @simoncoveney on:
📈 Boosting trade and investment
🌍 Working together internationally
📖 Lord Frost’s negotiations on the NI Protocol
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Lord Frost: We just want friendly relations, free trade and the chance to do things our own way, all within the framework of a meaningful and robust Western alliance.
We are determined to work with friends and allies to back democracy and freedom 🇬🇧🌎👇
gov.uk/government/spe…
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NEW: UK through @CdcGroup is underwriting new investment in ports in 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇪🇬 Egypt & Somaliland with @DP_World:
➡️ Providing reliable and honest investment in developing countries
➡️ Opening new opportunities for 🇬🇧 business
cdcgroup.com/en/news-insigh…
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🇬🇧🇱🇹 Good meeting Lithuanian FM @GLandsbergis. We had a productive discussion covering:
👉 Boosting our economic and security ties, including trade and our shared ambitions in the Indo-Pacific
👉 Our approach to China
👉 Increasing cooperation in fintech and the digital space
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🇬🇧 The UK is committed to tackling anti-semitism and racism around the world 🌎
Our statement with Australia 🇦🇺 on why we could not support resolution presented at the @UN_HRC.
Pleased to be supported by friends including European allies👇
gov.uk/government/spe…
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Fully support this letter from @EHRCChair - no one should be targeted and harassed simply for holding an opinion👇 twitter.com/EHRCChair/stat…
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Delighted to announce Katharine Birbalsingh as new chair of @SMCommission
I want our social mobility work to:
👉 Focus on education, employment and enterprise
👉 Level-up opportunity
👉 Unleash the full potential of our great country 🇬🇧
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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Out on the farm at Ten Mile Bank with Alastair Kerr of Waldersey Farms harvesting potatoes. 🥔🚜 #norfolkfood #britishpotatoes
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Brilliant speech. #gettingonwiththejob 🇬🇧 twitter.com/BorisJohnson/s…
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Good to catch up with @TzipiHotovely at conference about deepening our economic and security partnership with close allies Israel. 🇬🇧🇮🇱
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🇬🇧🌎 My vision is to strengthen our economic and security ties with allies and partners in order to build a network of liberty around the world and deliver for our great country. Read my speech at Conservative conference #GlobalBritain #CPC21👇
conservatives.com/news/the-netwo…
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🇬🇧🌎 We are a great country - a lodestar of freedom and democracy. Today at Conservative Party Conference I set out my vision for #GlobalBritain and how our foreign policy will deliver for people here at home. #CPC21
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Read my @Times interview @ShippersUnbound
on my vision for the UK's economic and security partnerships to promote freedom and challenge malign actors. #GlobalBritain 🌎 🇬🇧
More in my speech to #CPC21 this afternoon. 👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/freedo…
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🇬🇧🇸🇮 Slovenia is an important partner to the UK. Pleased to meet Prime Minister Janez Janša @JJansaSDS in London, where we discussed our shared ambition on:
✅ Strengthening economic and security links among allies
✅ Countering cyber threats
✅ Deepening cultural ties