EU will have to 'manage' tensions with US over China arms sales: Straw
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the European Union would have to work to ease tensions with the United States over the likely lifting of an embargo on arms sales to China, a move opposed by Washington.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw starts talks in Beijing amid controversy on plans to lift the EU arms embargo on China.
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The European Union today told China it will maintain its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing makes significant improvements in its human rights record.
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The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands which holds the bloc&#39;s rotating presidency, said Wednesday.
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At an EU-China Summit on Wednesday, the EU said now was not the time to lift its arms embargo on China. However, EU leaders held out the prospect of ending the ban perhaps next year, despite opposition from the US.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has drawn up Britain's case against a military strike on Iran amid fears US President George W. Bush may seek support for a new conflict, a newspaper reported.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has complained to his US counterpart Colin Powell about the deportation of Cat Stevens from the United States on the grounds that the former British pop star posed a ...
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The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq is &quot;difficult&quot; before explaining that this meant foreign troops had a duty to remain the country.
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Britain expects the European Union to start membership talks with Turkey in January, when Luxembourg assumes the EU&#39;s rotating presidency, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Strains in Britain&#39;s relations with the United States and Europe came under the spotlight ahead of a keynote speech by Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Tuesday.
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BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has complained to his American counterpart Colin Powell about the deportation from the US of former pop star Cat Stevens as a possible terrorist risk.
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The European Union is not ready to lift its arms embargo on China, according to a senior EU minister. Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, which holds the EU&#39;s rotating presidency, made the comment at the start of EU-China talks.
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The European Union decided on Wednesday to maintain its 15-year-old arms embargo on China, reports Reuters. &quot;The EU side confirmed its political will to continue to work towards lifting the embargo,&quot; the EU
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Iran must respect the spirit as well as the letter of an agreed nuclear fuel cycle freeze, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said ahead of EU-Iran atomic talks in Brussels Monday.
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GUJRAT: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday that Britain strongly supports the peace process between India and Pakistan, but warned that they might have to endure plenty of frustration before ...
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BEIJING  - Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will urge the European Union to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo and call on the continent to view China as a full market economy during an EU-China summit beginning Wednesday in the Hague.