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Foreign Office Minister welcomes report on Operation Atalanta

Armed Somali pirate standing on coastline. Photo by MOHAMED DAHIR/AFP/Getty Images.

London, 21 August 2012
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has welcomed the House of Lords EU Committee for External Affairs report on EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta.

Prime Minister's statement on the death of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo by Getty Images.

London, 21 August 2012
"Our thoughts are with his family and with the nation of Ethiopia" said Prime Minister David Cameron today.

Progress on transition in Somalia

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London, 21 August 2012
"Convening a new federal national parliament gives the people of Somalia a stake in their political future for the first time in a generation." said Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt.

UK welcomes greater press freedom in Burma and Rakhine State investigation

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt MP

London, 20 August 2012
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt described this as an important time in Burma's transition as it works towards the goal of free and independent media and the establishment of full democracy.

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