Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood to join talks

Egypt's main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, says it will enter talks with officials on ending the country's political crisis.

Source: RFE/RL

Sunday, 06.02.2011.

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Egypt's main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, says it will enter talks with officials on ending the country's political crisis. The group told news agencies the talks would begin on February 6 and would assess how far the government was "ready to accept the demands of the people." Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood to join talks The negotiations would be the first ever to be held between the government and the officially banned Brotherhood. On February 5 the senior executive committee of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party resigned amid mass antigovernment protests in the country. Two key allies of embattled President Hosni Mubarak, including his son Gamal, were stripped of their posts. State television said Hossam Badrawi, a reformer and prominent physician, would take over as NDP secretary general and political bureau chief. In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama has called for talks with leaders from Germany, Britain, and the United Arab Emirates to discuss the situation. The White House issued a summary of Obama's remarks, saying "the president emphasized the importance of an orderly, peaceful transition, beginning now, to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people, including credible, inclusive negotiations between the government and the opposition." Obama also voiced "his serious concern" about the targeting of journalists and human rights groups, and reaffirmed that the government of Egypt has a responsibility to protect the rights of its people and to release those who have been unjustly detained. (Beta)

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood to join talks

The negotiations would be the first ever to be held between the government and the officially banned Brotherhood.

On February 5 the senior executive committee of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party resigned amid mass antigovernment protests in the country.

Two key allies of embattled President Hosni Mubarak, including his son Gamal, were stripped of their posts.

State television said Hossam Badrawi, a reformer and prominent physician, would take over as NDP secretary general and political bureau chief.

In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama has called for talks with leaders from Germany, Britain, and the United Arab Emirates to discuss the situation.

The White House issued a summary of Obama's remarks, saying "the president emphasized the importance of an orderly, peaceful transition, beginning now, to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people, including credible, inclusive negotiations between the government and the opposition."

Obama also voiced "his serious concern" about the targeting of journalists and human rights groups, and reaffirmed that the government of Egypt has a responsibility to protect the rights of its people and to release those who have been unjustly detained.

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