Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 7 / Trend A. Tagiyeva /
The Egyptian government's negotiations with the opposition will not succeed and will not lead to desired results, ex-member of the Egyptian parliament and one of Egypt's opposition leaders Ayman Nur said.
"We do not hope for a positive outcome of negotiations," Nur told Trend over the telephone from Cairo.
Large-scale anti-governmental protests are ongoing in Egypt. Thousands of people in different cities across the country have taken to the streets, demanding President Hosni Mubarak's resignation and the dissolution of parliament. The unrests in the country have killed at least 160 people and have injured over 4,000.
Mubarak made a statement and promised that he would not run for a sixth term as president in the upcoming September elections.
On Sunday, Feb. 6, the government and opposition held talks in Egypt. The talks were the first since the beginning of a mass uprising in the country, the basic requirement of which is Mubarak's resignation. The meeting also was attended by members of the outlawed Egyptian opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood.
Nur said the government is trying to pull a time with these negotiations until the next electoral term.
"This is the government's other plan to stay in power," he stressed.
Nur noted that the opposition and the Egyptian people would not retreat from its goals under any circumstances. "Our goal is to achieve the overthrow of Mubarak," he said.
