Saudi Interior Ministry, US mediation and Shiites in Qatifnote

There is talk about the US embassy in Riyadh trying to help open dialogue between the Saudi Interior Ministry and the Shiite clerical and political leaders to put an end to the situation in the Al-Qatif governorate in the Eastern Province. The following 436-word report sheds more light on the US efforts and tells what about the conditions of the Shiite Interior Ministry to open such a dialogue.