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| Bahrain's Heir, Opposition Leaders Discuss National Dialogue |
| 2014-01-16 |
| [An Nahar] Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa met opposition leaders Wednesday in a bid revive a national dialogue that was suspended last week. The meeting focused on "ways to overcome the obstacles that have hindered the national dialogue," designed to bring the country out of the current political crisis, the official news agency BNA reported. Prince Salman urged representatives of the political groups to "show seriousness, transparency and credibility" in order "strengthen the rule of law and institutions," in the tiny Gulf kingdom, it said. BNA added without elaborating that "it was agreed on the main issues to be discussed under national dialogue in a coming stage." Bahrain's government announced Thursday that it had suspended the dialogue that began last February but was boycotted months ago by the main Shiite opposition. It gave no indication whether the process, aimed at ending the political impasse in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom with a Shiite majority, could resume. The decision came after eight Sunni associations announced that they too would suspend their participation in the talks. |
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