Anti-US sentiments on rise in Egypt following Morsi's ouster
3 August presstv.ir
Anti-US sentiments are on the rise in Egypt as both supporters and
opponents of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, accuse Washington of
orchestrating a plot aimed at destabilising the North African country,
*Press TV* reports.
The opponents of the ousted leader claim Morsi's government and the
Muslim
Brotherhood had been backed by the US administration.
However, pro-Morsi groups accuse the US of lending support to the
Egyptian
military in overthrowing the country's freely-elected president.
They also say the Washington is reluctant to cut military and
economic assistance to Egypt despite an American law which clearly
states that no aid will be given to a regime that topples a
democratically-elected one with a coup. On July 3, Egypt Army Chief
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that Morsi was no longer in
office. Sisi also suspended the Egyptian constitution and dissolved the
parliament. The army also declared chief justice of Egypt's Supreme
Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, as interim president on July 4.
Essam el-Erian, who is the deputy head of Muslim Brotherhood's
political wing, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said after Morsi was
elected, he "visited India, China, Brazil, and South Africa, and this
was a very big change in the foreign policies of Egypt."
He added that a US-Israeli alliance in the region sought to stop that
trend.
On Monday, US Undersecretary of State Bill Burns visited Cairo to
hold talks with leaders of Egypt's new military-backed government.
Washington says Burns will push for "an end to all violence and a
transition leading to an inclusive, democratically elected civilian
government." The White House has not characterized the recent events in
Egypt as a 'coup' and declined to call for Morsi to be returned to
power. The Obama administration has only urged Morsi's release from
custody. |