{"id":72153,"date":"2016-07-09T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3317030eb866c343465d41a6f438b78a"},"modified":"2016-07-09T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T11:55:00","slug":"press-release-uk-condemns-fighting-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72153","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK condemns fighting in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Speaking after fighting erupted in Juba on the eve of South Sudan Independence Day, the Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I condemn the fighting in Juba between government and opposition forces. These actions are entirely unacceptable. I therefore welcome President Kiir and First Vice President Machar\u2019s calls for calm and urge all South Sudanese to avoid any further acts of violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">But these tragic events underline the need for South Sudan\u2019s leaders to implement fully the terms of the peace agreement. There can be no more delays. No more disputes. No more divides. I therefore call on South Sudan\u2019s political leaders to unite the country and secure peace. As today marks South Sudan\u2019s Independence Day the people of South Sudan and the entire international community expect nothing less.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/foreign-travel-advice\/south-sudan\">travel advice for South Sudan<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister James Duddridge on Twitter @JamesDuddridge<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>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>\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>Minister for Africa condemns fighting in Juba and calls on all sides to respect South Sudan\u2019s leaders\u2019 calls for calm.<\/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\/72153"}],"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=72153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72165,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72153\/revisions\/72165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}