As a result, Macedonia's political parties, including the ethnic Albanians, recently formed a unity government to seek a political solution.

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Norwegian Foreign Minister, Knut Vollebaek, ended a brief mission to Sri Lanka saying he was encouraged that both sides were willing to seek a political solution, and that he had agreed to continue his peace mission.

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FIS, to seek a political solution.

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The first one is that Maliki does not seek a political solution with the Sunnis and is not willing to take on the Shia militia.

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Meanwhile, a statement issued after a foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in New York strongly urged Myanmar's government to exercise restraint and seek a political solution.

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