Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, CP1338, published on 24 June 2025, what six-monthly foreign and security policy dialogues have taken place; and on what topics.

The UK EU Security and Defence Partnership provides for regular foreign and security policy dialogue at ministerial and senior official level. Since May 2025, this has included high level dialogues in October 2025 and March 2026 covering a broad range of issues, including Ukraine, hybrid threats, regional stability, defence cooperation and wider geopolitical matters. In addition, Ministers and officials have held strategic consultations with EU counterparts on specific issues such as Russia and Ukraine, the Western Balkans and hybrid threats. Ministers and officials are in regular contact with EU counterparts on a range of specific mutual priorities.