Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says to join army talks

CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood announced on Tuesday it will participate in talks with the country's military rulers aimed at ending deadly clashes threatening to derail legislative elections next week.

"The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has called a meeting (for Tuesday) and we will participate," Saad al-Katatni, secretary general of the Party of Freedom and Justice, which is affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood, told AFP.

The SCAF, which took power when Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, on Monday invited "all political and national forces" to take part in emergency talks in a bid to end days of deadly clashes between security forces and protesters demanding the end of military rule.