{"id":83853,"date":"2017-08-31T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=169d3ff991acbb477b9392c4ffc6fd82"},"modified":"2017-08-31T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:05:00","slug":"press-release-minister-field-summons-north-korean-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83853","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister Field summons North Korean ambassador: 31 August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following North Korea\u2019s missile launch over Japan on 28 August, Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, summoned the DPRK ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I summoned the North Korean ambassador to the Foreign Office today and made clear how strongly the UK condemns the regime\u2019s launch of an intermediate range missile over Japan on 28 August.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, North Korea\u2019s reckless actions violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions and threaten international security. The UK will work with our partners and allies to tackle this threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I urge the regime to end its illegal pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missiles and return to dialogue with the international community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister Mark Field <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markfielduk\">@MarkFieldUK<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>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>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">For journalists <\/span>\n<\/p>\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\">Newsdesk <\/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 Minister for Asia and the Pacific condemned DPRK&#8217;s missile launch on 28 August.<\/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\/83853"}],"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=83853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83864,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83853\/revisions\/83864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}