foreign secretary

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“Road closures are a small price to pay for a much greater reward, for peace to return to the region,” said Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, a former Pakistan foreign secretary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Downing Street has said the decision to override the advice on Mandelson was taken by Foreign Office officials, with neither the prime minister or foreign secretary made aware at the time.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In a news conference in March, just days before being named foreign secretary, Velasco condemned the deaths of Mexican citizens in U.S. custody as “painful, heartrending, and absolutely unacceptable for the government of Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Araghchi posted his summary of the conversation with the UK's foreign secretary in a post in Farsi on the social media site Telegram.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In England, foreign secretary Anthony Eden said he “deeply regretted” the news, and then set about pressuring the French not to overreact.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown