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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/no-evidence-of-uk-arms-in-bahrain.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="William Hague insisted there is no evidence Bahrain is using British-made products to crack down on protesters" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-no-evidence-of-uk-arms-in-bahrain.jpg" alt="William Hague insisted there is no evidence Bahrain is using British-made products to crack down on protesters"/></a></p>
<p>Foreign Secretary William Hague has said there is no evidence Bahrain is using British-made products to crack down on protesters.</p>
<p>Mr Hague demanded Bahrain&#8217;s leaders involve opposition politicians in reforms, and said the UK&#8217;s &#8220;strict&#8221; export criteria aims to prevent governments providing weapons for internal repression.</p>
<p>He told Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;We have no evidence that they have been used.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Hague added: &#8220;I&#8217;m not relaxed about it &#8211; we have very strict export licensing criteria in this country.</p>
<p>&#8220;We do not sell material to other countries that are likely to be used for internal repression or to fuel regional or international conflicts.&#8221;</p>
<p>He urged Bahraini leaders to come together and discuss how to change the ruling system.</p>
<p>Mr Hague said: &#8220;My advice would be that reforms which did take place &#8211; particularly in the years after 1999, when the king took the throne &#8211; that those reforms need to be continued, that dialogue with opposition forces in Bahrain is extremely important and must be recommenced at the first opportunity.</p>
<p>&#8220;That dialogue ought to lead to further reforms in the political system and respond to the legitimate grievances.</p>
<p>&#8220;But it will be difficult for foreign countries to lay down the details.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s for foreign countries to lay down the personalities, the individual who should be prime minister or president.&#8221;</p>
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