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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt: "I am pleased that a new government has now been formed."
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has commented on today鈥檚 bomb attack in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, which injured members of a UN peacekeeping patrol.
British journalist John McCarthy was released in 1991 after more than five years as a hostage in Lebanon. Mark Watchorn talks about the release in a Foreign Office podcast.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was sorry to hear of the death of Judge Antonio Cassese, who died of cancer on 21 October.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati has announced that his government will honour its international commitments to pay its dues to the United Nations Special Tribunal.
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned a bomb attack on a UN patrol in southern Lebanon which injured several French peacekeepers and civilians on 9 December.
Foreign Secretary William Hague: "The UK strongly supports a stable, peaceful and prosperous future for Lebanon."
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK is "committed to supporting the search for justice in Lebanon".
The British Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt arrived in Lebanon today for a two-day visit following his activities in Damascus.
On his second day visit to Lebanon, Minister Alistair Burt met with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Shami.
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