{"id":35420,"date":"2013-11-20T18:13:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8d650878d27d634594f8cdade71a991c"},"modified":"2013-11-20T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:13:24","slug":"press-release-minister-for-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-visits-tripoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=35420","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister for the Middle East and North Africa visits Tripoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>FCO Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Hugh Robertson, arrived in Tripoli on Monday for his first visit to Libya since taking up the position last month. His visit focused on the UK\u2019s support for the Libyan security, justice and defence sectors. During his time in Tripoli, Mr Robertson met the Libyan Prime Minister, the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Justice Minister. Today Mr Robertson visited a Tripoli hospital and met with a number of injured protesters and their families. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Tripoli Central Hospital, Mr Robertson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019ve met several people here who were hurt while demonstrating over the last few days and I\u2019ve been humbled by their courage and determination in standing up for what they believe. This underlines the urgent need to strengthen the Libyan Army and the Libyan Police and for them to take responsibility for security and law and order. I\u2019m here today to reiterate the UK Government\u2019s support for the Libyan people and to the Libyan security, justice and defence sectors which are essential to ensuring a more stable, democratic and prosperous Libya. I\u2019ve also been discussing with Libyan leaders the need for all sides to work together on an inclusive political settlement to ensure Libya\u2019s democratic transition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his visit, Mr Robertson discussed the current political, security and economic situation, and looking at how the UK can further assist the Libyan Government and General National Congress in overcoming the challenges Libya faces.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Hugh Robertson on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughRobertsonMP\">@HughRobertsonMP<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Office Minister Hugh Robertson meets injured protesters and emphasises UK support for Libyan security, justice and defence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}