Britain ready to cut warheads if others do it too, says Brown

September 26th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Flouting claims of a lukewarm relationship between the US President and British PM, Barack Obama held hands with Gordon Brown's wife Sarah when they met in Pittsburgh, US. The Browns, Obama and wife Michelle joked and air-kissed to show that the US-Britain diplomatic relationship is still alive.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The British Prime Minister's office has been forced to admit that Gordon Brown has not been invited for private talks with U.S. President Brack Obama this week.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Following defence aide Eric Joyce quitting over UK's war strategy in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown tried to defend his policy by saying that "we cannot walk away." Despite the growing death toll among British troops, Brown insisted the UK strategy in Afghanistan is the right one. "A safer Britain requires a safer Afghanistan," the Daily Star quoted Brown, as saying.

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has reassured Pakistan to provide it 1.08 million dollars as humanitarian aid to help the troubled nation stabilise and counter insurgency in its lawless trouble areas. During his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, who is on a visit to Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said UK is pledged to provide financial aid to Islamabad to help it succeed against the extremists.

August 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Applauding positive statements from the leaderships of India and Pakistan in the recent past, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that both Dr. Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari are trying their best to deescalate the tension which soared after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

July 12th, 2009 London/Sangin (Helmand, Afghanistan),J - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the British troop offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is showing signs of success, despite the force losing fifteen troopers over the last month. In an interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service, Brown paid tribute to the "sacrifice" of the soldiers who had died.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - India and Britain Wednesday discussed restructuring of global financial institutions to make them more suited to present-day international needs even as both countries pledged to take bilateral trade to the 10-billion pound mark by 2010. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue of restructuring of global financial institutions with his British counterpart Gordon Brown at their meeting on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit at Coppito complex of the Guardia da Finanza (Italian financial police) near this earthquake-hit town, about 100 km from Rome.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain would expel two Iranian diplomats after the Iranian government ordered two British diplomats to leave the country, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday. Brown told parliament that the allegations made against the two British diplomats were "absolutely without foundation".

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Al Qaeda might have killed a British hostage in Mali in western Africa. "We have strong reason to believe that a British citizen Edwin Dyer has been murdered by an Al Qaeda cell in Mali," Brown said in a statement Wednesday.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has supported Pakistan military's 'vital' drive against the Taliban and other extremists in the Swat Valley, amid reports about the troops storming into Mingora, the main town of the Valley. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the United Kingdom was committed to the success of the operation, and urged the international community to support Islamabad in the on-going struggle "The Pakistan government is engaged in a vital drive to assert its authority over extremist militants who have rejected Pakistan's constitution, parliament and judiciary.The UK is committed to the success and prosperity of Pakistan and it is right that we, and the whole international community, should support this effort," The Dawn quoted Brown, as saying.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Terming the lawless mountainous tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan as a 'crucible of terrorism', British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled a new strategy to counter the terror threat emanating from the region. Brown, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, referred the region as a "breeding ground for terrorism" and said that any plan to thwart the growing threat from the Taliban must be implemented with of the local forces.

April 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Britain and Pakistan on Monday expressed a firm resolve to jointly fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani addressing a joint press conference along with his British counterpart Gordon Brown, said Pakistani is united in the battle against terrorism.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari late on Thursday after the arrest of 10 Pakistani-born nationals on student visas and one UK-born British national on charges of terrorism, to warn him to do more to root out terrorist elements in Pakistan. This is the first time Pakistanis on student visas have been arrested on such serious charges.

February 22nd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to be the first European head of government to meet with US President Barack Obama, in a meeting scheduled for March 3 in Washington, the British government confirmed Saturday. A spokesman for Brown said that the global financial crisis and the situation in Afghanistan would be on the agenda for the meeting, which is due to take place at the White House.

February 9th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia was ready to hold talks with the new US administration on cuts in strategic offensive weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. 'We are ready for talks, which will allow us to preserve the mechanism of limitations and reductions of strategic offensive weapons and we are glad that the new US administration is paying priority attention to this subject,' Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's Vesti-24 TV news channel.