(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Brussels Rabi'I 03 1437 December 14 2015 SPA -- Top EU officials called Monday for action to quell
violence in Burundi after dozens of people were reported to have
been killed in the African country in recent days dpa reported.

"We are working in these hours ... to help stop the violence" EU
foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told journalists in Brussels
ahead of a meeting with the bloc's foreign ministers. "It is urgent
that [dialogue in Burundi] starts immediately."

"The events of the last hours are rather catastrophic" Belgian
Foreign Minister Didier Reynders added. "I hope that with our
colleagues we will be able to send messages to the African Union and
the UN Security Council."

"There has to be action there is much too much violence now in the
country" he added.
--SPA
14:42 LOCAL TIME 11:42 GMT