Austria and the United Kingdom Sign Strategic Partnership

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: November 21, 2023; 23:42 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was the first EU Foreign Minister to meet his new British counterpart David Cameron in London. The meeting focused on the situation in the Middle East and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (r.) meets his new British counterpart David Cameron (l.) in London. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Gruber / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

The signing of a political declaration of intent, a "Joint Vision Agreement", is intended to herald a new era in bilateral relations. The agreement aims to strengthen Austrian-British cooperation at the level of a strategic partnership. Given the many global challenges, in particular the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel, the…