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Diplomatic push to resolve Egypt crisis
View(s):CAIRO, Aug 03, (AFP) – A senior US envoy held talks in Egypt Saturday amid efforts to find a peaceful solution to the stand-off between supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and the army-installed interim government.Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy hours after seeing members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party.
The talks come as tensions mount over a looming police move to dismantle two Cairo sit-ins by Morsi loyalists, which have paralysed parts of the city and deepened divisions.
“There is no desire to use force if there is any other avenue that has not been exhausted,” Fahmy told reporters after meeting Burns.Egyptian officials appear to have softened their tone in recent days, stressing the need for political reconciliation after Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the military.
“There is an open invitation for all political forces to participate. The door is open for everybody, including the Brotherhood, to participate in the process,” Fahmy said.
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