I think they have, in a sense, a position they would like to take, but they have felt it necessary to persuade FNL to come into the process and have instructed me to try my level best to persuade it to do so.
Je pense que, dans un sens, ils aimeraient prendre position, mais ils ont jugé nécessaire de persuader le FNL de rejoindre le processus et m'ont demandé de le convaincre de le faire.