Olly Robbins
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Oliver Robbins has been the Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) since January 2025.
London, United Kingdom
Joined January 2014
Brilliant to see @KumarIyerUK taking the reins at one of @FCDOGovUK ‘s most varied and globally influential posts.
We’re so excited to welcome @KumarIyerUK . The UK’s 🇬🇧 Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the @WTO, @UNGeneva 🇺🇳, and other International Organisations here in Geneva
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Great to see this quick follow-up to the productive talks @amdescotes and I held recently. Thank you @AmbDuchene and @UKinFrance!.
At @FCDOGovUK this morning, @JulienSteimer & I spoke to Sarah Russell & Olivier Evans about the transformation of our diplomatic apparatuses amid the rapidly-changing international situation. Our talks followed the meeting between @amdescotes & @OllyRobbins a few weeks ago.
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A pleasure to meet Deputy Minister Ambassador Bozay with @JillMorrisFCDO and discuss the strength and breadth of the Türkiye/UK partnership as well as exchanging views on shared geopolitical challenges. Thank you for the warm welcome @MFATurkiye and the support from @UKinTurkiye.
Deputy Minister and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Mehmet Kemal Bozay met with Sir Oliver Robbins, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom for the Strategic Dialogue meeting in Ankara. During the meeting,
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RT @EdLlewellynFCDO: 30 years since the genocide at Srebrenica. I accompanied Paddy Ashdown to Srebrenica often when I worked for him as Hi….
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RT @UKNATO: The transatlantic bond makes #NATO the strongest alliance in history. Ambassador @ACWLapsley 🇬🇧 and @USAmbNATO 🇺🇸 met Permanent….
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Headed to Glasgow last night for today’s opening morning of #CivilServiceLive, talking about learning & development with civil servants from across the @UKCivilService in Scotland. Good to spend the afternoon catching up with the @FCDOGovUK team at our joint HQ in East Kilbride.
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Great two days in India, with the centrepiece being consultations with Vikram Misri, my Indian opposite number. So much potential across the India-UK partnership. Many thanks to @Lindy_Cameron, @CScottFCDO and the whole @UKinIndia team.
FCDO PUS @OllyRobbins is in New Delhi to review progress across the 🇬🇧🇮🇳 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. Our Prime Ministers share a vision for an ambitious partnership over the next decade.
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@FCDOGovUK @UKinOman @ukinqatar @OmanObserver @npatelFCDO Fascinating to get a brief flavour of both 🇴🇲 and 🇶🇦 - countries with strong traditions and deep historical relationships with 🇬🇧 which have evolved into important modern partnerships.
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@FCDOGovUK @UKinOman @ukinqatar @OmanObserver … and exciting to see diplomacy in action for HMG as a whole as we worked on priorities from trade and investment to health, economic growth to CT and security at our second Strategic Dialogue meeting with Qatar. Credit to @npatelFCDO and his team for steering this for the UK.
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Important too for me to start to understand the variety of work done by @FCDOGovUK missions around the world. Impressed and grateful to @UKinOman and @ukinqatar for the breadth and depth of their understanding and connectivity. Here’s today’s @OmanObserver front page photo:
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Great to accompany @DavidLammy on his visits to Oman and Qatar this weekend. Glimpses of two important partnerships with long histories and bright futures.
Boosting growth. Building stability. Countering Iran’s malign activity. Bringing the war in Gaza to an end. That's why Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy visited Oman and Qatar this weekend ⬇️
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Well worth reading this wide-ranging and powerful thread from my colleague @NickDyerFCDO with his reflections after spending several days with @UKinUkraine, Ukrainian humanitarian workers and public servants, and international aid agencies.
A 🧵: Last week I visited Kyiv to reaffirm the UK's unwavering commitment to Ukraine, speak to our partners inside and outside Government and spend time with the dedicated staff that make up @UKinUkraine 1/8.
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A productive two days in DC. It was great to speak with staff @UKinUSA and across our wider US network. I also met with @DeputySecState Chris Landau, and look forward to working with Chris in his new role on our shared priorities.
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My congratulations and thanks to all those recognised. Delighted to see @FCDOGovUK colleagues among the recipients.
Today, HM The King presented the first Humanitarian Medals at Buckingham Palace. The Medal is awarded to public servants and aid workers who, on behalf of the UK, support human welfare during or in the aftermath of a crisis.
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The FCDO estate is lit in purple tonight to #LightTheDarkness, commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. Today, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust and all victims of Nazi persecution.
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Excited to be arriving at work for my first day as Permanent Under-Secretary @FCDOGovUK - the UK Government’s international strategy & delivery dept. A great team doing brilliant diplomatic and development work for Britain’s interests, citizens & partnerships across the world.
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James Brokenshire was a rigorous, capable, dedicated, loyal Minister whom it was my pleasure to serve at the Home Office. But the outpouring of sadness today is at least as much to do with his constant personal kindness and cheerfulness, which I remember with deep gratitude. RIP.
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