The government in London plans to hire nearly 1,000 more diplomatic staff, open new embassies and boost language training.
DINARD - When Jeremy Hunt sat down on Friday with rights lawyer Amal Clooney to advocate better protection for journalists, Britain's foreign minister was at pains to stress its enduring importance on the world stage.
The government in London plans to hire nearly 1,000 more diplomatic staff, open new embassies and boost language training - just as allies and close EU partners France and Germany are creating joint embassies and cutting diplomacy budgets. Britain remains a nuclear power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and flexed its muscles on Thursday by calling for an emergency meeting at the council to discuss an escalating power struggle in Libya.
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