Aidan Liddle

@ukinestonia @SimonManleyFCDO @MFAestonia Really enjoyed being part of this, and reconnecting with former colleagues and a part of the world I love. Thanks for having me!

Delighted to help facilitate an NB8+UK 🇬🇧 joint diplomats training in Tallinn. Session themes included maritime and arctic security, hybrid threats and a diplomatic training run by @SimonManleyFCDO, @AidanLiddle and Adrian Johnson. We thank @MFAestonia for hosting & co-organising

Great discussion on UK politics, parliament and foreign policy from @AidanLiddle @CommonsForeign Chair @EmilyThornberryLord Howell @UKHouseofLords, Emma Makey of InterParliamentary Relations Office & Aisling Conboy @WiltonPark

@GermanAmbUK Congratulations Susanne, and welcome to London!

I'm Susanne Baumann - Germany's new Ambassador to the UK and I'm delighted to be back in London, where I started my diplomatic career. I and my colleagues in London and Berlin are now looking forward to implementing the Kensington Treaty, the historic 🇬🇧🇩🇪 friendship treaty.

@Patrick__Hebert @JAStovel @CanEmbFinland Congratulations Patrick! It’ll be good to be back in the Nordics.

Thrilled and deeply honoured to be appointed as Canada’s next Ambassador to Finland! 🇨🇦🇫🇮 Big shoes to fill after @JAStovel but I can’t wait to join @CanEmbFinland to advance Canadian interests and strengthen our friendship with Finland.

@walberque @EU_NonProlif @IISS_org You’re really too kind ☺️

@EU_NonProlif @AidanLiddle @IISS_org Thank you. I really enjoyed our conversation. Ambassador Liddle is truly one of Britains’s finest diplomats. And a good person, too.

🛰️ On the #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight, revisit this episode of #TheArmsControlPoseur with @AidanLiddle via @IISS_org. 🎧It explores diplomacy, security & the need for responsible behaviour in outer space. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4fa448ja #Space #Disarmament #EUNPDC

@walberque You’re very kind, @walberque, but it was very much a team effort! Building cross-regional coalitions to co-create solutions to shared problems is what multilateralism is (or should be) all about…

I think @AidanLiddle did more than anyone to forward the cause of managing competition in outer space, with the full backing of the UK's friends and allies, through the UN Open-Ended Working Group. However, Russia is doing all it can to stop progress. 1/4 breakingdefense.com/2023/09/russia…

@TBubbearFCDO @FCDOGovUK @ukinfinland Very best of luck! Looking forward to seeing you back in London soon.

On 9 September 1985 I joined @FCDOGovUK. 39 years on I’m preparing to retire at the end of this week. It feels a bit like starting school - exciting and scary. This week’s diary meeting included tea and pastries, courtesy of my lovely colleagues @ukinfinland

First day back at King Charles Street @FCDOGovUK. Excited to get started supporting the Strategic Defence Review.

@rileyfo Thanks David! Best wishes from the UK!

A familiar face made a return to the #ATT this morning, drawing smiles from friends and colleagues across the room. Well liked and highly respected. Thank you again @AidanLiddle for all you did in your time in Geneva.

We welcomed the Foreign Secretary as he visited #TheHALOTrust and @MAGsaveslives in Laos last week, where he met with inspiring local staff who are making their land safe. 🇱🇦 Thank you to the UK Government for continuing to support this life-saving work. @FCDOGovUK @UKinLaos

A big thank-you to the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 for supporting UNIDIR! ❤💙🤍 Your support enables us to develop innovative solutions to international security challenges, move from #IdeasToAction and work towards the @UN 🇺🇳 #GlobalGoals! 💡🛠

@SirAdamELN @theELN Congratulations for everything you’ve achieved with @theELN!

It has been a privilege to serve as the Executive Director of @theELN over the last 8 years. I look forward to continuing to work with the ELN in the future, whilst allowing myself more time with my family. Please find my full statement below. europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/a-p…

@AlonsoMartinez1 Thanks Alonso. It’s been a real pleasure working with you. Good luck for the rest of your time in Geneva!

@AidanLiddle Pleasure coinciding in your tenure in the CD (time flies!). While there is a real paralysis, you identify several constructive initiatives (hopefully). Within different national positions, always valued your well-pondered, reasoned and constructive views. Best success in future!

My last day as the UK’s Ambassador to the #ConferenceOnDisarmament. It’s been a tough six years for the multilateral system in general and disarmament in particular. But I’m proud of what we were able to achieve despite the circumstances. 1/5

@michalmiarka @NATO That’s very kind of you Michal. Thanks to you and everyone at the IS for your support!

Dear @AidanLiddle, many thanks for your excellent work, accomplishments and exemplary leadership among our @NATO group. You have a lot to be proud of. May our paths cross again - and godspeed!

@PatriciaMary Looking forward to catching up back in London after the summer!

@AidanLiddle Good luck Aidan - and thanks for all the fish! See you in London soon I hope

@Andreas_Persbo Likewise - me too!

@AidanLiddle Really great working with you Aidan. I hope your next posting will allow us to continue to keep in touch!

@Jenkinsbd Thanks Bonnie! It’s been great working with you - hope our paths cross again.

@PCHannon There should be!

@aiaevans Thanks Alexander. Looking forward to catching up back in London :-)

@AidanLiddle Bravo Aidan - across an agenda than has grown in importance, and where deft diplomacy and expertise makes a difference!