{"id":69128,"date":"2016-03-30T16:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=45b4346f2a1e03618657fe775049cda9"},"modified":"2016-03-30T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:31:12","slug":"press-release-foreign-secretary-welcomes-the-new-president-of-burmas-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69128","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Foreign Secretary welcomes the new President of Burma&#8217;s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I welcome the inauguration of U Htin Kyaw as the new President of Burma. This is a significant milestone on the country\u2019s path to democracy, and for the people of Burma. I also congratulate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy, on this important achievement. We also recognise the role of the outgoing administration in the peaceful conduct of last year\u2019s elections, which paved the way for this transition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Burma\u2019s new administration faces multiple challenges. Building on the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement to achieve sustainable peace and addressing the dire situation of the Rohingya minority in Rakhine will be pressing early concerns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The United Kingdom has actively supported Burma\u2019s transition to democracy, including practical support to safeguard the integrity of last year\u2019s elections. As the new administration takes office, we will continue to support the people of Burma in their aspiration for a more civilian, democratic and accountable government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Secretary on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHammondMP\">@PHammondMP<\/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\">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>The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, welcomes the inauguration of U Htin Kyaw as the new President of Burma.<\/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\/69128"}],"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=69128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}