CAIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's military chief General Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi met here on Sunday with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to discuss the recent developments in the country, official MENA news agency reported.
The meeting touched on the current political crisis in Egypt and ongoing effects in the democratic transition process in the turmoil-stricken country.
Sisi and Burns underlined the necessity of renouncing violence and bloodshed and achieving national reconciliation in light of a roadmap put forth by the army for the transitional phase.
The meeting was attended by Egypt's Chief of Staff Sedki Sobhi and a number of senior army commanders as well as outgoing U.S. ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson.
During his second visit to Cairo since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on July 3, Burns met on Saturday with top Egyptian officials, including interim President Adli Mansour, Vice President for foreign relations Mohamed ElBaradei as well as a group of loyalists to Morsi on the current political crisis.
Before his departure later on Sunday, the U.S. diplomat is scheduled to hold talks with Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi.
CAIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el- Beblawi met on Sunday with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and they discussed the recent developments in the country.
During the meeting Beblawi stressed that the government is going on its way to implement its roadmap that was set by the people's power, reported state run news agency MENA. Full story
CAIRO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns arrived in Egypt's capital of Cairo on Friday evening to help facilitate a peaceful political transition, official news agency MENA reported.
It is Burns' second visit to Egypt since the ouster of Islamist Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. Full story
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