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Secrecy surrounds UK foreign secretary’s Middle East talks with Tony Blair

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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper met with former Prime Minister Tony Blair on December 4th regarding the Middle East, but the Foreign Office recorded no minutes or briefing materials for the discussion. This lack of documentation is concerning, especially as Blair was advocating for Donald Trump's post-war Gaza 'Board of Peace' initiative, which the UK later declined to join.
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Submitted by Daniel Tester on Tue, 05/19/2026 - 09:41 Meeting with Yvette Cooper came as former prime minister was advocating for Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace' - but foreign office says no minutes exist Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair attends the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, 19 February 2026 (Kevin Lamarque/(Reuters) Off The UK foreign office failed to keep any minutes of a meeting about the Middle East last December between Foreign

Secrecy surrounds UK foreign secretary’s Middle East talks with Tony Blair
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