Cameron: 'Momentous change' taking place in Middle East

[sianrose]

Cameron: 'Momentous change' taking place in Middle East

Momentous changes are taking place in the Middle East and North Africa, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

In a speech to the Kuwaiti Parliament, Mr Cameron said "history was sweeping" through the region in the wake of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

He praised the "brave and peaceful" protests by people "hungry for political and economic freedom".

There were grounds for "cautious optimism" in the region because the majority of protesters seeking change have done so "peacefully and bravely", he said.

Mr Cameron walked through Tahrir Square, the centre of the demonstrations that led to the fall of President Mubarak, and met figures from the protest movement, although not representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood - the banned Islamic group which is thought to have widespread public support.

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[bohemian]

I found it interesting that he was advocating democracy and not violence, yet the delegation had several arms dealers in it! Seemed just a bit inappropriate somehow.