Foreign Secretary David Miliband is making his first official visit to Russia today. His two-day visit to Moscow - which will see him meet his Russian counterpart and a host of other officials - is also the first by a British foreign secretary to the country for five years.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is making his first official visit to Russia today.
His two-day visit to Moscow - which will see him meet his Russian counterpart and a host of other officials - is also the first by a British foreign secretary to the country for five years.
A senior British cabinet minister insisted on Sunday that the Labour party could not "spare" David Miliband to take the role of Europe's first "foreign secretary".Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour party, claimed that the British foreign secretary did not want to go. "We'll be keeping him," she told the BBC.
Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour party, claimed that the British foreign secretary did not want to go. "We'll be keeping him," she told the BBC.