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Role of Parliament to contain the
regional spread of violent conflict
•Parliament can interact with Parliaments of the sub-region to contain
conflicts
•Banning of a destructive discourse, xenophobia
•Having joint inquiry missions of two
Parliaments in border areas
•Individual MPs in border regions can
act as early warning agents, as mediators in cross-border conflicts.
•They can be used as brokers by the
neighbouring country‘s authorities in a local conflict