Manama: Bahrain’s justice ministry on Wednesday launched contacts with political societies to nominate their representatives at the national dialogue. The representatives will attend the first meeting between the various components to agree on the agenda of the political dialogue, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said that it started the contacts based on the royal directives to invite political societies and independent personalities to continue the dialogue on political topics and build upon past achievements to reach further national agreements.

The justice minister has been tasked with implementing the drive to hold the talks aimed at breaking the political deadlock in the country.