foreign secretary

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In a news conference in March, just days before being named foreign secretary, Velasco condemned the deaths of Mexican citizens in U.S. custody as “painful, heartrending, and absolutely unacceptable for the government of Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Writing in The Times of India newspaper in January, former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao offered a note of caution about the first film's broader impact.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The U.K.’s foreign secretary Yvette Cooper told lawmakers Tuesday that a government charter flight will fly from Muscat, Oman to London in the coming days.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Lammy, a former foreign secretary who is close to US vice-president JD Vance, said he had never believed the US would use military force to annex the Danish territory.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

I had agreed to international mediation, and on April 13 a dele-gation arrived led by Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, and Henry Kissinger, the former American secretary of state.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela