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| Bahrain: Crown Prince welcomed the return to calm for dialogue |
| 2011-03-01 |
| [Ennahar] Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa said on Monday that calm had returned to the kingdom and that the conditions were met to begin negotiations with the opposition. "The initiatives taken in recent days have calmed the situation and helped bring back life to normal in Bahrain in preparation for the dialogue," he said in remarks quoted by the official news agency BNA. The crown prince, whom the King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has appointed to negotiate with the opposition calling for a reform of the monarchy, however, denounced those who refuse to participate in the dialogue, including the Shiite opposition in seeking the prior government's resignation. "Despite the calm that prevails, some continue to want to block reform. Such actions can only harm the interests of Bahrain," he added. Monday, several hundred people marched to Parliament in Manama, including members of the Shiite al-Wefaq have resigned to protest the violence that marked the beginning of the protest movement in Bahrain two weeks ago. |
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