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Memorandum of Understanding between Wilton Park and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
The Acting Chief Executive of Wilton Park, Myles Wickstead CBE, and the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Mr Mikheil Janelidze, met at Lancaster House on Monday 23 October 2017 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of HE Ms Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to the UK and HE Mr Justin McKenzie Smith, Ambassador of the UK to Georgia. The MoU sets out the joint objective of establishing a long term relationship and cooperation between Wilton Park and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs across a wide range of national and international policy issues.

The Commonwealth celebrates its 65th anniversary
Although the Commonwealth dates back to the mid-20th century with the decolonisation of the British Empire, it was formally constituted by the London Declaration on April…

Lord Green’s speech on ‘The road to Bali’
Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spoke at our conference today on Trade facilitation for African…

Press release for ‘Eastern partnership – moving ahead’
On the opening day of our conference three ministers joined us; Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Radosław Sikorski, Minister…
Business leaders recommend steps to make the UK ‘best in class’ in all disciplines
HMG should expand alumni networks to capitalise on an ‘Affinity with Britain’ by building capacity in education, research and the development of global commercial and…

Gauging international attitudes towards rules-based systems of economic governance
Hugo Swire, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, addressed an international audience of private sector and governmental representatives at our conference concerning the impact…
Partnership agreement signed with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
At our first conference held in Indonesia, we signed an agreement with the Centre for Policy Analysis and Development of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign…
High expectations in the wake of the Arab democratic wave
In the wake of the Arab democratic wave expectations are high – young people in particular are calling for employment opportunities in the context of…
First steps in China
This month saw our first steps into China – working with the Central Party School, we held a two day, roundtable discussion in Beijing to…
Discussing the world trade system
This event by invitation from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, convened representatives from government, international organisations and…