{"id":48637,"date":"2014-10-13T12:58:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=099335598b51fa34fda3a6565ae22509"},"modified":"2014-10-13T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:58:58","slug":"press-release-foreign-secretary-visits-iraq-to-discuss-isil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48637","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Foreign Secretary visits Iraq to discuss ISIL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaking from Baghdad the Foreign Secretary said: <\/p>\n

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ISIL is a brutal terrorist group unrepresentative of the people of Iraq, the Middle East, or of the Islamic faith. ISIL\u2019s violence makes no distinction between the cultures, countries and religions it attacks. If it is left unchecked, we will face a terrorist and criminal cabal with a declared and proven determination to attack anyone who doesn\u2019t agree with its twisted ideology.<\/p>\n

The action the UK has taken to date, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, shows the UK will play its part in standing with the Iraqi people in their fight against ISIL.<\/p>\n

We are also working with the Iraqi authorities to increase their capacity to counter ISIL. We are: supplying military equipment and training to the Kurdish Security Forces; providing political support to the new Government of Iraq; leading diplomatic action in the UN to disrupt flows of finance to ISIL; and providing \u00a323 million in humanitarian assistance to people affected by ISIL\u2019s barbaric brutality.<\/p>\n

The formation of a new Iraqi government was a critical first step to addressing the serious security, political and humanitarian challenges facing Iraq.<\/p>\n

It is now vital that all communities in Iraq work together to overcome those challenges. To do this, it will be important for Interior and Defence Ministers to be appointed quickly and for Kurdish Ministers to take up their positions in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n