PEACE TALKS- Egypt's extensive mediation efforts have failed.

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has left Cairo, having made no headway in finding a compromise between the army-installed government and supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

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For a mediation process to be successful, there needs to be a mix of essential ingredients:-

•  A skilled mediator who is seen by all parties to be unbiased
•  Willingness on all sides to make concessions and to compromise in the interests of a peaceful solution
• The capacity on the part of the mediator to facilitate expression by all parties of their underlying perspectives and needs, whilst also maintaining ultimate control over the process
•  Preparedness of each party to listen to the other parties
• An understanding by all that resolution is preferable to at least some of the potential options should the conflict continue

At Brisbane Mediations we wonder what was left out of the mix in respect of the Egyptian mediation process?