{"id":44303,"date":"2014-06-27T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ce4a9ec4f643a2cc8427dc42a780c73e"},"modified":"2014-06-27T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:58:53","slug":"press-release-minister-for-europe-to-visit-gibraltar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44303","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister for Europe to visit Gibraltar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minister for Europe, David Lidington, will visit Gibraltar on Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July. The visit will enable the Minister to visit the Gibraltar-Spain border to witness first-hand the continuing delays at the crossing, to hold discussions with HM Government of Gibraltar, and to meet a wide range of the people of Gibraltar. <\/p>\n

The Minister for Europe\u2019s visit comes in advance of a return by the European Commission to review progress on improving congestion at the border. The Commission\u2019s return visit follows concerted lobbying by the UK Government.<\/p>\n

The Minister for Europe said:<\/p>\n

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I am delighted to have the opportunity to visit Gibraltar again. I look forward to observing some of the initiatives being undertaken by the Government of Gibraltar and to meeting a wide range of people on the rock, who together contribute to a vibrant and prosperous Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Minister for Europe will meet the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister reflecting a strong relationship which has seen the UK Government and HM Government of Gibraltar working in lockstep to tackle Spanish pressure over the past year. The Minister will also take a tour on the waters with the Gibraltar Squadron to allow him to see the work of the Royal Navy upholding British sovereignty of Gibraltar\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

Follow Foreign Office Minister David Lidington on twitter @DLidington<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on twitter @foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on facebook<\/a> and Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

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Minister for Europe returns to Gibraltar to underline UK support for people of Gibraltar and assess impact of border delays.<\/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\/44303"}],"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=44303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}