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9th December 2013 Paris, France

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by Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

UK air transport assistance to France for Central African Republic

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

France has taken the decision to increase its force levels in the Central African Republic to deal with the awful outbreak of killing between the communities there. Personally I have had a lot of experience over the years of dealing with this kind of chaos and violence, I think of the Balkans for example.

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13th September 2013

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Remembering the Battle of Britain

The “light blue” uniforms were on full display at the High Commission’s annual Battle of Britain Day commemoration this week. Two Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshals were present – Vice Chief of the Defence Force Mark Binskin and Chief of Air Force Geoff Brown – together with a range of serving military personnel and […]

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