Egyptian president opens national reconciliation conference

Egyptian Interim President Adly Mansour has opened the first session of the national reconciliation and transitional justice conference at the presidential palace in Heliopolis. Vice President for International Relations Mohamed ElBaradei, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi and Minister of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation Amin el-Mahdy attended the session. Taking part as well in the session were Wafd Party President El-Sayed El-Badawi, Reform and Development party President Mohamed Anwar Esmat El-Sadat, Egyptian Social Democratic Party President Mohamed Aboul Ghar, Free Egyptians Party President Ahmed Said, Karama Party President Mohamed Samy, Soaiclaist Popular Coalition Party President Abdel Ghaffar Shokr, in addition to the secretary general of the General Federation for Trade Unions, heads of the syndicates of lawyers, social professions and tourist guides. Representatives of actors, intellectuals, labor, peasant and the Tamarrod movement were also present.