Brian Jones
@brianjjonesuk
๐ฌ๐ง High Commissioner to Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu & Ambassador to Republic of Marshall Islands & Federated States of Micronesia. He/him. Cumbrian, scientist.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/people/brian-jones 04-01-2020 11:55:11
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#RotumaAirport runway pavement upgrade work completed last week Friday! Briefed the Island Council with upgrade work & airport operations. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Fiji Government Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation TourismFiji Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and DM Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, MSMEs and Comms Fiji Airwaysโ๏ธ ๐
Wonderful to welcome Catherine West to Wellington on her first visit to New Zealand. A busy day of talks with ๐ณ๐ฟ counterparts on: ๐ Increasing trade ๐ก Developing clean energy โด๏ธ Supporting security in the Pacific
At the Pacific Community reception this evening, an honour to meet #Tongan Prime Minister The Hon Hu'akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni & to team up with ๐ฆ๐บ Minister for the Pacific Pat Conroy MP, Ewen McDonald ๐ฆ๐บ & Austrian colleague HE Elisabeth Koegler. Philip Malone & Brian Jones with me.
In this 60 Second Update from the UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron: โก Lightning conducts NATO air policing for the first time. ๐ด The Red Arrows are in Canada, celebrating the Royal Canadian Air Force centenary. ๐ & find out more about the role of UKMAMS on deployment.
Great to have ๐ฌ๐ง Minister for the #IndoPacific Catherine West in #Tonga for the #PacificIslandForum to lead our delegation. The day began with a team photo with UK in Tonga & UK in Fiji colleagues outside Philip Malone's Residence. Its been action packed. Check out my posts to come.
On arrival at the main plenary of the #PacificIslandForum, amongst the first friends ๐ฌ๐ง Minister for the #IndoPacific Catherine West was able to say hello to, was our great friend ๐ฆ๐บ PM Anthony Albanese. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐บ
I received this video from an Afghan woman named Bahar. She says: โI fight for my sisters, whom the Taliban first stripped of education and work, and now force to cover their faces and silence their voices. We wonโt back down. We have only one option: to fight. Does the world
The UK welcomes United Nations OHCHRโs efforts to hold China to account for human rights violations, including in Xinjiang following its 2022 assessment. We call on China to engage meaningfully with the OHCHR and take forward its recommendations. ohchr.org/en/press-briefโฆ
A warm welcome to Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov as he visits London today. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐บ๐ฆ
Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / ะะพะปะพะดะธะผะธั ะะตะปะตะฝััะบะธะน today in Kyiv as I head to ZNPP, marking two years of @IAEAorg Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya. IAEA will widen nuclear safety assistance to ๐บ๐ฆ and support plans to use equipment from Bulgariaโs Belene project at Khmelnytskyy NPP.