MALI: Some parties open to negotiations

MALI: Some parties open to negotiations:

OUAGADOUGOU, 8 August 2012 (IRIN) - Iyad Ag Ghali, Secretary-General of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Ansar Dine, one of the Islamist groups in control of northern Mali, met with Burkina Faso's foreign affairs minister, Djibril Bassole, in Kidal on 7 August and said he is open to engaging in mediation efforts to reunite the country.