Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to address the nation in a week to give guidelines on dialogue with political parties, an adviser said Monday, reports bdnews24.com.

The four advisers, who were assigned to coordinate informal talks with the political parties, held a meeting in the office of communications adviser Ghulam Quader.

"We have discussed national dialogue. We have also discussed the chief adviser's speech on the guidelines about dialogue," commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman told reporters after the meeting.

More discussions needed to finalise the preparations for the formal talks in the presence of the political parties and civil society, the adviser said. The meeting was also attended by law adviser AF Hassan Ariff and LGRD adviser Anwarul Iqbal.