DHAKA: An Egyptian minister on Sunday ruled out accepting an Islamist offer for dialogue until the Muslim Brotherhood recognises the government’s transition plan and renounces violence.

Social solidarity minister Ahmed al-Borei told media the Brotherhood must also accept that Islamist president Mohamed Mursi’s ouster was a ‘revolution’, reports The Straits Times.

A Brotherhood-led coalition on Saturday proposed its most flexible plan yet for reconciliation talks, but it said the initiative was aimed at other parties and not the military-installed government.

‘There must be a recognition that June 30 was a popular revolution, and the (government’s) roadmap was agreed on by the Egyptian people to build a modern state,’ Borei said.

BDST: 1926 HRS, NOV 17, 2013
RoR/SRS