Foreign Secretary
noun
British
: the official in Great Britain and other countries who is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries
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Lammy had previously served as the Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2021, and held various positions prior to that, having been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party in 2000.
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 18 July 2024
India-Russia trade has seen a sharp increase, touching close to $65 billion in the 2023-24 financial year, due to strong energy cooperation, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters Friday.
—Krutika Pathi, arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2024
Starmer also named David Lammy as Foreign Secretary and Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 5 July 2024
In a recent briefing with reporters, Foreign Secretary David Cameron said something similar.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Trump in Mar-a-Lago in the spring.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
During that time, her partner forcefully petitioned five consecutive UK Foreign Secretaries including Boris Johnson, who later would become Prime Minister, as would Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary who eventually negotiated Zaghari-Radcliffe’s release in March 2022.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 June 2024
Prior to resigning from the role of Prime Minister in 2022, Johnson served as Foreign Secretary, Mayor of London and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, amongst other roles.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Not only did Bush and Blair think this; so did French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Blix and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 18 July 2024
India-Russia trade has seen a sharp increase, touching close to $65 billion in the 2023-24 financial year, due to strong energy cooperation, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters Friday.
—Krutika Pathi, arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2024
Starmer also named David Lammy as Foreign Secretary and Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 5 July 2024
In a recent briefing with reporters, Foreign Secretary David Cameron said something similar.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Trump in Mar-a-Lago in the spring.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
During that time, her partner forcefully petitioned five consecutive UK Foreign Secretaries including Boris Johnson, who later would become Prime Minister, as would Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary who eventually negotiated Zaghari-Radcliffe’s release in March 2022.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 June 2024
Prior to resigning from the role of Prime Minister in 2022, Johnson served as Foreign Secretary, Mayor of London and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, amongst other roles.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Not only did Bush and Blair think this; so did French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Blix and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
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