Is Brotherhood’s appeal for reconciliation with Cairo genuine?

It seems the Egyptian state will not respond to the recent Muslim Brotherhood calls for reconciliation, despite pressure by the US administration to fix its human rights record.
Relatives of members of the Muslim Brotherhood under trial attend a court session for them and former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi who was ousted in 2013, at a make-shift courthouse in southern Cairo on Dec. 2, 2018.
Relatives of members of the Muslim Brotherhood under trial attend a court session for them and former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted in 2013, at a makeshift courthouse in southern Cairo on Dec. 2, 2018. - MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images
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Khalid Hassan
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The Muslim Brotherhood is calling for dialogue with the Egyptian presidency without preconditions.

In a letter dated Sept. 14, prominent Brotherhood leader and the group’s former commissioner for international relations Youssef Nada said the “door is open for dialogue” with the Egyptian presidency. “We learned in politics that setting preconditions foils dialogue,” he added.

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