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Warsi finds AL, BNP ready to compromise

Diplomatic Correspondent
The UK is hopeful about a peaceful solution to the current political crisis for holding a free, fair and transparent election, as both the major political parties want to compromise, UK's Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said yesterday.
"I have no option but to be hopeful. We have to be hopeful. There is still 24, 36, 48 hours within which the discussions are still ongoing," she told reporters at British High Commission Club in the capital warping up her whirlwind daylong visit.
The British parliamentarian said she was assured by both the government and the opposition that there would be further meeting taking place today that provided an opportunity, possibly one of the last opportunities, to try and reach agreement. Warsi, who arrived here yesterday morn-ing to discuss the challenges facing Bangladesh in the run-up to the elections scheduled for next month, expressed concern over the increasing level of violence and the death sentence of a war criminal.
She met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, BNP chief Khaleda Zia, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin /Mimed and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and left Dhaka last night. British High Commissioner Robert Gibson was present on the occasion.
On a question, she said, "What I heard from both sides was not so much the things that they would compromise on but they are prepared to compromise. So from that I can take hope."
Welcoming dialogue between the leaders of the two parties, Warsi said in all her meetings yesterday, she stressed the importance of "free, fair and transparent elections next year, an election free from intimidation and violence."
She stressed that recent violence was damaging not only Bangladesh's reputation but also its economy and livelihoods of its people. "We all want to see sustainable elections that represent the will of the Bangladeshi people. It's therefore vital for all parties to refrain from any further acts of provocation and their leaders and senior officials participate in genuine and constructive dialogue," she said.
Asked about the January 5 election, the UK minister said she was incredibly frank in her assessment of the consequences of the very fiction if these elections took place or did not in the format that the two parties would like them to be.
About the war crimes trial, Warsi said, "We believe that people who commit war crimes should face justice, there cannot be a culture of impunity for those who commit those horrendous crimes, and the people need to account for the crimes that they have committed."
But, the UK and the European Union ''oppose the use of the death penalty in all circumstances in all countries", she added.