Week-end wanderings around Brussels. It’s gone quackers!

The #BelgoBritish2025 Conference brings together policy makers, business leaders, academics and civil society to strengthen 🇧🇪🇬🇧 cooperation as neighbours and diplomatic allies.

This year’s main themes are:
🔸National security
🔸Healthcare resilience
🔸Societal cohesion

Great exchange yesterday with Brussels Mayor @philippeclose.bsky.social discussing shared priorities:

👉Education
👉People to people links
👉The fight against drugs
And... sport! 🏉🚴‍♂️

Congratulations to @deweverbart.bsky.social and the Ministers in the new Belgian Federal Government. The UK looks forward to working with Belgium on the key issues for our two countries, building on our long history of cooperation.

Invited a VIB (very important bear) to tea. youtu.be/H1Bh8_RJfOk?...

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, with the Brussels Christmas markets opening this weekend. Raised a glass to the arrival of Jack Frost last night in Sablon!

Spent a wonderful evening at
KMSKA viewing the James Ensor exhibition. Thank you to
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
and City of Antwerp for hosting the Belgian diplomatic corps. #inyourwildestdreams

I’ve been lurking here on Bluesky for a while. Feels like now is a good time to say hello, bonjour, and goededag!