Britain calls for return to talks in troubled Lebanon
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has expressed her support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and called on Lebanon's feuding factions to return to dialogue.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday called on the world to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid escalating violence and political turmoil in the West Bank and Gaza.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief urged Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that ended a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.
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BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.
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Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, sought on Wednesday to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, arriving in Jerusalem for a two-day visit
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a   visit to Beirut marked by protests and snubs, pledged on Monday   to help strengthen Lebanon's security forces as they deploy in   the south after Israel's war with Hizbollah.
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A Sudanese envoy will hold talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders on an Arab League proposal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis after a show of force by the Hezbollah-led opposition.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has condemned the deadly bus bombings in Lebanon, saying they were targeted to heighten tension at a politically sensitive time.
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President Bush announced Saturday that he is sending a delegation to Lebanon to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and discuss ways to help rebuild his nation left in ruins after this summer's 34 days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon this morning and meets with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah later in the day.
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The Finnish presidency of the European Union has called on the warring parties in Sri Lanka to return to the negotiating table after another day of bloody fighting on the island.
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The British government called fresh crisis talks Saturday after police foiled a potentially devastating double car bomb plot in central London which raised the spectre of new Al-Qaeda-inspired attacks in the capital.
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Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa renewed efforts on Tuesday to end a political standoff in Lebanon, which many fear could turn violent as the country faces its worst political split since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair began talks with Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday about steps to revive Middle East peacemaking after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged help in rebuilding war-ravaged Lebanon during his first visit to Beirut but was confronted by angry protests over his stance on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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The Tories are expected to call for renewed efforts to encourage Middle East countries to accept reform.