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In Washington, President Barack Obama spoke to Mubarak after the Egyptian leader's speech and urged him to implement democratic overhauls and end the blackout on Internet and cellphones his government imposed to stifle the protests. But he stopped short of breaking ties with Mubarak, who has been a key U.S. ally on regional issues, including Iran's nuclear program and Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
``I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise,'' Obama said. ``Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people, and suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.''
In Washington, President Barack Obama spoke to Mubarak after the Egyptian leader's speech and urged him to implement democratic overhauls and end the blackout on Internet and cellphones his government imposed to stifle the protests. But he stopped short of breaking ties with Mubarak, who has been a key U.S. ally on regional issues, including Iran's nuclear program and Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
ReplyDelete``I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise,'' Obama said. ``Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people, and suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.''
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