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foreign office
noun
the department of a government that handles foreign affairs.
foreign office
noun
US equivalent: State Department.Canadian equivalent: department of external affairs.the ministry of a country or state that is concerned with dealings with other states
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreign office1
Example Sentences
"No one from UK has even reached out to me, my family, to my sister in law's family. Nobody has. So you're saying no one from the foreign office in the UK or here reached out to us at all, nobody," Mr Nanabawa said.
UK air accident investigators are already in India and are assisting the Indian authorities, and UK forensic experts are there to support, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said there is an advice helpline and a support centre has been set up near the airport.
The Foreign Office previously added that its staff "stand ready to support British Nationals overseas 24/7".
There are currently two so-called "crisis centres" running in the Foreign Office, both stood up in the last 48 hours.
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