Bahrain
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The PMS said the Prime Minister had spoken to the King of Bahrain last night and expressed his serious concern at the deteriorating situation on the ground. He called for restraint on all sides and said that it was vital the Bahrain authorities responded through reform, not repression. The Prime Minister encouraged the King to pursue the political dialogue that the Government had proposed and he called on all sides to take part in that dialogue.
Asked if following his call the Prime Minister had been disappointed in reports that security forces in Bahrain had cleared anti-government demonstrators from a central square in Manama, the PMS said that we were concerned about the escalation of the situation in Bahrain. We wanted to see all parties exercise maximum restraint and avoid violence and we we were monitoring the situation there very closely.
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