{"id":61630,"date":"2015-09-17T13:06:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8712c88f168f85f351340ec9f337a747"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:06:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:06:49","slug":"government-response-uk-expresses-concern-over-situation-in-burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61630","title":{"rendered":"Government response: UK expresses concern over situation in Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Minister for Africa Grant Shapps MP said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK is deeply concerned by the actions of elements of the military in Burkina Faso in what appears to be an<br \/>\nattempted coup. We strongly condemn the use of force and, together with our international partners, call on<br \/>\nthose holding members of the interim government to release them immediately, stepping back from any further<br \/>\nunacceptable actions. It is critical for Burkina Faso and its people that peaceful and democratic elections take<br \/>\nplace on 11 October. We will continue to work with the international community to support these and Burkina<br \/>\nFaso\u2019s transition to a peaceful democracy. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\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<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Grant Shapps on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/grantshapps\">@GrantShapps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">News Desk <\/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>Africa Minister Grant Shapps condemns violence in Burkina Faso and calls for immediate release of members of the interim government<\/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\/61630"}],"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=61630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}