Tunisian PM pledges to solve crisis with dialogue

Prime Minister Ali Larayedh vowed Thursday his cabinet will make every effort to turn to dialogue with its detractors to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis sparked by an opposition leader’s assassination.

“Dialogue is the best way to overcome difficulties and resolve current problems,” he said in a message for the start of Eid al-Fitr, the holidays marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

“The government will spare no effort to support the process of dialogue.”

It was his first reaction to Tuesday’s suspension of the work of the elected National Constituent Assembly pending negotiations between the opposition and a governing coalition led by Larayedh’s moderate Islamic movement, Ennahda.

However, no accord in principle to hold such talks or a launch date have so far been announced.

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