Samantha Bastian

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

With regional tensions high, Egypt’s role in promoting stability across the Middle East and Africa is more important than ever.

Good to welcome Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdelatty to London yesterday. We discussed advancing the UK-Egypt partnership and deepening our economic ties.

[UK in Jerusalem🇬🇧 @UKinJerusalem]

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷 and Canada 🇨🇦 on the situation in #Gaza and the #WestBank 👇

🔗 https://t.co/tgs4p13Nm6

[Kanbar Hossein Bor @kanbarHB]

My thanks to the people of the UK for providing me with sanctuary, opportunity and the chance to not only serve but belong! @FCDOGovUK

https://t.co/oJ71r2LEp2

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

We welcome @DavidLammy as the new Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs.

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

Our greatest diplomat.

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Islamabad:— Heavy floods in Pakistan have created a 100KM inland lake that is now visible from space.

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Just IN:— Pakistan receives record 784% increase in rainfall, highest ever annual rainfall in the country's history.

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

Devastating to see such terrible floods in Pakistan - the worst in many years.

[Christian Turner @CTurnerFCDO]

This is a time to stand together: 🇬🇧 is providing urgent support of £1.5m for #FloodRelief cc @Sherryrehman @NdmaPk 👇 https://t.co/zAxZ3F8iEu

[Liz Truss @trussliz]

Met @SMQureshiPTI to discuss shared UK-Pakistan interests including:

🌏 The situation in Afghanistan

🤝 Enhancing 🇬🇧🇵🇰 bilateral ties

🌳 Deepening commitments & efforts towards @COP26

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

@tbarkerstreet Don’t leave 😭😭😭

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

Great news! 🇬🇧🇵🇰

[Christian Turner @CTurnerFCDO]

Pleased to confirm 🇵🇰 is off the red list. I know how difficult the last 5 months were for so many who rely on close links between 🇬🇧 & 🇵🇰. Grateful to @fslsltn @Asad_Umar & superb @nhsrcofficial @OfficialNcoc @NIH_Pakistan @drsafdar64 team for their close collaboration.

[Dominic Raab @DominicRaab]

I have held meetings with key partners in Qatar and Pakistan to support the people of Afghanistan, prevent it from becoming a safe haven for terrorists & respond to the humanitarian situation and safeguard regional stability.

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

Delighted to have helped deliver this visit at such a critical time in the region 🇬🇧🇵🇰

[Dominic Raab @DominicRaab]

Good to see situation on the ground and understand what’s happening at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Discussed safe passage for British Nationals, and those who have worked with UK in Afghanistan.

[Laurie Bristow @laurie_bristow]

We are working flat out to bring British nationals and our Afghan colleagues to safety. We’ve already helped hundreds of people to leave on military flights.

[The Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon KCMG @tariqahmadbt]

Salaam Pakistan. Looking forward to my visit - a country with special people to people ties with the UK - to discuss how UK-Pakistan cooperation on climate change, girls’ education and trade reforms is making a difference on the ground #UKPakDosti

[UK in Pakistan 🇬🇧🇵🇰 @ukinpakistan]

A special video to mark the official 95th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. #UKPakDosti #TogetherStronger
Music credits: @Khumariyaan

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

Visited the magnificent Rohtas Fort today, built in the 16th century 🏰

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

Worth a read. Hints at the potential true scale of the pandemic so far with no signs yet of that easing in many countries. Official figures put it at just over 3.35 million deaths at present.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

The Economist built a model to assess the death toll of the pandemic, corrected for underreporting.
https://t.co/fJRSRcxtZy

They come to the conclusion that 10 million have died (with an uncertainty of 7 to 13 million).

The map shows the distribution of the death rate.

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

#EidMubarak to all who are celebrating in Pakistan and around the 🌏

[Samantha Bastian @SamBBastian]

By summer ‘18 of 26 top diplomatic posts will be filled by women.’

Genuinely so important to have such visible female leadership for those (like me) who are more junior in ⁦@FCDOGovUK⁩

Will add feature in Vogue to bucket list... https://t.co/HyJj0ISDgM