{"id":74849,"date":"2016-10-09T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4b217cd73c95c335a1dca469419a74cb"},"modified":"2016-10-09T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T14:42:16","slug":"news-story-minister-for-europe-statement-on-elections-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74849","title":{"rendered":"News story: Minister for Europe statement on elections in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Foreign Office Minister, Alan Duncan, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I congratulate the people of Georgia on the conduct of the first round of their parliamentary elections on 8 October.<\/p>\n<p>The UK aligns itself with the assessment of the OSCE\u2019s (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights \u2013 and other international monitoring missions \u2013 that these elections were competitive, well-administered and generally respectful of the fundamental rights of the people of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>I note the recommendations for further improvements in Georgia\u2019s electoral system and strongly condemn any resort to violence. I urge all political leaders to respect the will of the people of Georgia and demonstrate their commitment to the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">With our European and international partners, we will continue to follow the elections closely and I encourage all involved to ensure that the second round is conducted in a calm and peaceful environment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanDuncanMP\">@AlanDuncanMP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>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><\/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>Minister for Europe, Alan Duncan, congratulates the Georgian people on the conduct of Parliamentary elections<\/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\/74849"}],"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=74849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}