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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.

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