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Bahrain seeks talks with the opposition
Bahrain’s crown prince has renewed calls for dialogue with the country’s opposition, saying only talks can break a deadlock in the Gulf Arab state beset by unrest.
The ruling Al Khalifa family, who are Sunni Muslims, used martial law and help from Gulf neighbours to put down a revolt against alleged discrimination of Bahrain’s majority Shia population in March last year, but violence has resumed.
Salman bin Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa said late on Friday that Bahrain should continue political and judicial reforms seen as inadequate by the opposition.
“I soon hope to see a meeting between all sides, and I call for a meeting between all sides, as I believe that only through face to face dialogue will any real progress be made,” he said in an address to a conference organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
No opposition figures were invited to the conference.
However, the opposition, led by the main Shia Muslim group, Al-Wefaq, said it “looks favourably upon the appeal by the crown prince”, and urged “a serious dialogue with agreement on the participants, agenda and duration”.
It said: “The opposition is ready to take part in a dialogue whose result must be put to the people, the source of all powers. From the very beginning, the opposition has opted for peaceful means to gain democracy.”
More: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast…35983.html
2012-12-09 05:03:00
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