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Six of the countries with a fixed UK military presence are featured on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's list of 30 "Human Rights Priority Countries": Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. [3] A number of British military operations have relied heavily on the strategic island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands.
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As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in November 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new ...
The three devolved administrations of the United Kingdom in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the three dependencies of the British Crown, [3] the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, also participate in multilateral bodies created between the two states, [4] such as the British Irish Council and the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly.
In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office. [6] In 2018 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced that new High Commissions will open in Antigua and Barbuda , Bahamas , Grenada , Lesotho , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Samoa , Swaziland , Tonga and Vanuatu and a British ...
The United Kingdom is not accredited to the Republic of the Congo through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its embassy in Kinshasa, DR Congo. [273] Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact, [201] the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have an ...
Twelve United States presidents have made presidential visits to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The first visit by an incumbent president to the United Kingdom was made in December 1918 by Woodrow Wilson , and was an offshoot of American diplomatic interactions with the Principal Allied Powers at the conclusion of World War I ...
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas, as opposed to the Home Civil Service, which deals with domestic affairs.