Great to welcome some of our wonderful country based staff (CBS) to London this week. Huge thank you to all our CBS for their valuable work in our many missions abroad.
Wonderful to chat with our fabulous Country Based Staff Advisory Group co-chairs, Sabita Thapa and Ina Poltoran who are joining all 🇬🇧 Ambassadors in London this week for our annual @FCDOGovUK Heads of Mission conference.
More than 180 missions around the FCDO network are taking part in a global marathon today, raising funds for the people of Ukraine and @QGCanopy. #GlobalMile
NEWS: UK advises all UK airlines to cease flying over Belarusian airspace.
Belarusian airline Belavia has also had its operating permit to fly between the UK and Belarus suspended with immediate effect.
https://t.co/oYBC6t3sg5
Глава МИД Великобритании заявляет, что, как и Литва, Великобритания не признает результаты выборов в Беларуси. Также главы МИД Великобритании и Литвы сходятся во мнении, что #Беларусь должна выполнять свои обязательства в рамках #ОБСЕ в области демократии и прав человека.
@max_katz Ведутся, но, к сожалению, большинство тех, кто ведутся, не смотрят Каца)) Тем не менее, однозначно имеет смысл время тратить, хотя бы для того, чтобы более эффективно заниматься контрпропагандой
The Belarusian authorities are continuing to target @BBCNews, local and international media by cancelling their accreditation to report in Belarus. This has been raised with the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. I condemn these clear attacks on media freedom #defendmediafreedom
"The UK is deeply concerned by the ongoing situation in Belarus and the events that have taken place before, during and after the Presidential election on 9 August"
Today @morton_wendy spoke at the @OSCE's Special Permanent Council on Belarus
https://t.co/sdSRgFNFLl
Glad to do @euronews with @franakviacorka on #Belarus. No sign of demands for peaceful change demobilising. Much depends on whether elites "decide their higher loyalty lies with the country's future, not a discredited authoritarian leader".