Hundreds of Egyptians have held a demonstration in Cairo to protest against the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Egyptian capital.
The protesters gathered outside the presidential palace on Saturday as Clinton met with Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to discuss Egypt's transition to democracy and plans to provide economic assistance to the country.
The demonstrators said they were opposed to the US efforts to control and potentially divide Egypt, voicing their opposition to a US attempt to force Egypt to appease the Zionist entity.
Saturday’s talks were part of a two-day visit. America’s top diplomat says she is there to push for completion of post-revolutionary change in the country and for economic restoration.
"I have come to Cairo to re-affirm the strong support of the United States for the Egyptian people and their democratic transition," Clinton said at a joint news conference with the foreign minister, Mohammed Amr. "We want to be a good partner and we want to support the democracy that has been achieved by the courage and sacrifice of the Egyptian people," she said, adding that "democracy is hard."
On Sunday morning, the US Secretary of State is meeting with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), who was commended by Clinton this afternoon for having protected the Egyptian revolution, "unlike the Syrian army." Ahead of the meeting, she called on the Egyptian military to give President Mursi full powers and to return to its essential national security function.
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Clinton faces Egypt protests
Published Saturday, July 14, 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced unprecedented protests on Saturday as she arrived in Egypt for key talks with President Mohammed Mursi.
Youth activists, MPs and journalists condemned the meeting, with many accusing the US of wanting to control the country.
The “Leftist Youth” movement in Alexandria announced it would protest Clinton's planned visit to the city's iconic library on Sunday, calling on activists to gather at the library's steps to prevent the Secretary from accessing the lobby.
The Egyptian Al Shorouk newspaper quoted Hassan Juma, coordinator of the movement in Alexandria, as saying: “We reject US intervention in Egypt's internal affairs and them dictating orders to the free people of Egypt.”
He also warned the Mursi of the repercussions Alexandria visit, claiming it would “arouse the wrath" of Egyptians.
Juma reminded the president of the fate of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak, saying that his alliance with America turned the people against him.
MP Mohamed Abu Hamed called on his personal Twitter account for a rally on Saturday in front of the presidential palace to protest Clinton's visit.
Jounalist Tawfiq Okasha, the owner of Alfaraen channel, called on Friday evening for activists to form a human chain from the Four Seasons hotel to the US Embassy.
The US Secretary of State is visiting Cairo for two days, where she will meet with Mursi and a number civil society activists. US Ambassador Anne Patterson described the visit as "very important."
Dictator Mubarak, who has toppled in a popular uprising last year, was a close ally of the United States and Israel.
Opposition to previous US state visits was violently suppressed by the country's security forces.
(Al-Akhbar, UPI)
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