Brian Jones
@brianjjonesuk
π¬π§ 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 AirwaysβοΈ π
Wonderful to welcome Catherine West to Wellington on her first visit to New Zealand. A busy day of talks with π³πΏ counterparts on: π Increasing trade π‘ Developing clean energy β΄οΈ 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 π¦πΊ Minister for the Pacific Pat Conroy MP, Ewen McDonald π¦πΊ & Austrian colleague HE Elisabeth Koegler. Philip Malone & Brian Jones with me.
In this 60 Second Update from the UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron: β‘ Lightning conducts NATO air policing for the first time. π΄ The Red Arrows are in Canada, celebrating the Royal Canadian Air Force centenary. π & find out more about the role of UKMAMS on deployment.
Great to have π¬π§ 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 π¬π§ Minister for the #IndoPacific Catherine West was able to say hello to, was our great friend π¦πΊ PM Anthony Albanese. π¬π§π€π¦πΊ
I received this video from an Afghan woman named Bahar. She says: βI 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 wonβt back down. We have only one option: to fight. Does the world
The UK welcomes United Nations OHCHRβs 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-briefβ¦
A warm welcome to Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov as he visits London today. π¬π§π€πΊπ¦
Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ 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 πΊπ¦ and support plans to use equipment from Bulgariaβs Belene project at Khmelnytskyy NPP.