{"id":73647,"date":"2016-08-30T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=598ca5269e94f68543ead9c4fdee4bbf"},"modified":"2016-08-30T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:58:00","slug":"press-release-minister-ellwood-statement-on-somali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=73647","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister Ellwood statement on Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Minister Ellwood said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I strongly condemn this latest attack in Mogadishu that claimed the lives of yet more innocent civilians.\u00a0 My thoughts are with the families of the victims and those injured.\u00a0 This attack and those like it, such as the suicide bombings in Galkayo on 21 August and last week\u2019s attack at Lido beach, only strengthen our determination to work with the Somali people in their efforts to build a secure and stable future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The UK stands with Somali security services, the African Union Mission in Somalia and other international partners in confronting the threat of al-Shabaab.\u00a0 Together, we will continue to support Somalia in the fight against extremism, and as it strives towards a peaceful electoral process this year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TobiasEllwoodMP%C2%A0%C2%A0%22FCO%20Minister%20Tobias%20Ellwood%20on%20Twitter%22\">@TobiasEllwoodMP<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice\" title=\"FCO on Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\" title=\"FCO on Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/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 the Middle East and Africa, Tobias Ellwood, condemns attack in Mogadishu and offers his condolences to families of victims.<\/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\/73647"}],"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=73647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73648,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73647\/revisions\/73648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}