An excellent Briefing was held at Canada House chaired by The Rt Hon the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey. The new Foreign Office/Department for International Development Minister, The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP also spoke. A number of Peers attended.
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Dinesh K. Patnaik is a career diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service with experience of over 25 years in a variety of interesting and challenging assignments.
Spoke giving an overview of the foreign affairs of India and the Commonwealth in particular.
Baroness Lynda Chalker spoke about African affairs: "Never dull, the African Continent will always challenge the developed World".
This was a broad-ranging highly informative upbeat briefing about the great potential for Africa, from the founder of Africa Matters .
Lynda Chalk
His Excellency gave an excellent overview of his role and challenges as well as a briefing on progress in Bahrain and as President of the Gulf Co-operation Council.
These are exciting times for the Gulf. When the PM, Theresa May, visited the Gulf last December, it was the first visit by a fem
His Excellency was introduced to all assembled in the Downer Room, Australia House, by Sir Ron Halstead CBE, President of the CFCC.
The Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford, Patron of the CFCC, made introductory remarks highlighting the Commonwealth as 'the platform for the future' as quoted by
The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford, CFCC Patron, gave an inspiring and visionary introductory speech to numerous High Commissioners and members present outlining the relevance of our Commonwealth friends in our current global context increasingly driven by the digital age and our core str
Lord Hamilton of Epsom gave a rousing speech about current political activity in the UK, EU and US.
He said 10% of the House of Lords wanted to leave but believed that Article 50 would go through and that negotiations would then begin.
On Trump his view was that he "seems to made every mistake any
Ambassador Martin EICHTINGER hosted a marvellous Briefing and Reception for members including the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Austria, Sir Peter Bottomley MP.
The Ambassador referred to the country becoming a "tremendous success story" and the 5th richest country in the EU.&nb
The Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council event “Britain’s Place in the World” took place on the 29th of September 2016 at the highly prestigious Carlton Club in London.
