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Mr Raab’s trip comes ahead of the first deployment of aircraft carrier
HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Indo-Pacific region, leading the UK Carrier Strike Group, later this year.
“This is my fourth visit to the region; to two key strategic partners, because the Indo-Pacific tilt is vital for the UK to grasp the economic opportunities and rise to the new challenges ahead,” Mr Raab said.
“We’re deepening our trading relationships. The Carrier Strike Group’s deployment marks the start of a new era of defence co-operation.
“And the UK is investing in long-term partnerships as a force for good in the region.”
Myanmar envoy to the UK Kyaw Zwar Minn tries unsuccessfully to enter the embassy in London
Demonstrations against Myanmar s ruling junta broke out in London on Wednesday after the Myanmar envoy to the UK was reportedly locked out of the embassy in the city. Myanmar s ambassador to the UK, Kyaw Zwar Minn, said the embassy has been seized by the military attache. When I left the embassy, they stormed inside the embassy and took it. They are from the Myanmar military, Zwar Minn told the British
Daily Telegraph newspaper. They said they received instruction from the capital, so they are not going to let me in.
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