She called for his immediate release from the custody he has been kept in since just hours after the military toppled him on July 3 following nationwide street protests against him.
"I believe he should be released. I was assured he is well. I would have liked to see him," Ashton told reporters.
During her visit, Ashton met the country's new leaders, including interim President Adly Mansour, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi and the general behind the coup, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Talks with Brotherhood officials
She said she had been able to meet officials of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, many of whose leaders have been detained.
She said she also met representatives of Tamarod, the grass-roots movement behind the mass protests that led up to Morsi's overthrow.
- On a visit to Cairo on July 15 and July 16, U.S. Under Secretary of State William Burns did not meet Muslim Brotherhood representatives and was snubbed by Tamarod.
Senior FJP official Amr Darrag said it had been the EU who had sought the meeting.
"The delegation didn't come to ask the EU anything, the meeting took place at Ashton's request," he told the state MENA news agency. Ashton told Egypt's interim leaders that the EU wanted "a quick return to the democratic process, and a full, inclusive process," her spokesman Michael Mann told AFP.
She also stressed "the need to get the economy going as quickly as possible," in a country where a quarter of the population live below the poverty line.
On July 16, a new 34-member cabinet was sworn in, but both the Muslim Brotherhood and the main Salafist party Al-Nur spurned offers to join it.
As a result, none of the ministers in the caretaker administration are affiliated to the Islamist movements which swept Egypt's first freely contested parliamentary elections.
The top EU diplomat also reiterated European concerns about the unrest that has rocked Egypt since Morsi's ouster on July 3, in which more than 100 people have been killed, according to an AFP tally.
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US suggests Egyptian military averted civil war...
ReplyDeleteCAIRO - Egypt avoided a possible civil war this month, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, making it hard for Washington to conclude that the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was a military coup.
The armed forces deposed the elected leader on July 3 after huge street protests against his rule, clearing the way for the installment this week of a new interim cabinet charged with restoring civilian government and reviving the troubled economy......http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-suggests-Egyptian-military-averted-civil-war-320166
17/7/13
Η Κάθριν Άστον λυπάται που δεν συναντήθηκε με τον Μόρσι...
ReplyDeleteΗ επικεφαλής της ευρωπαϊκής διπλωματίας Κάθριν Άστον δήλωσε ότι ήθελε να έχει συναντηθεί κατά την διάρκεια της επίσκεψής της στην Αίγυπτο με τον ισλαμιστή πρόεδρο Μοχάμεντ Μόρσι, ο οποίος ανατράπηκε και κρατείται από το στρατό, καλώντας να απελευθερωθεί.
«Θεωρώ ότι θα έπρεπε ο Μόρσι να έχει απελευθερωθεί, πάντως με διαβεβαίωσαν ότι είναι καλά», δήλωσε η Άστον σε ορισμένα μέσα ενημέρωσης κατά την διάρκεια της επίσκεψής του. «Ήθελα να τον δω», πρόσθεσε.
Η ύπατη εκπρόσωπος της ΕΕ για την κοινή εξωτερική πολιτική και την πολιτική ασφαλείας (ΚΕΠΠΑ) υπογράμμισε ακόμη «τη σημασία μιας διαδικασίας [πολιτικής μετάβασης η οποία να είναι] ιδιαίτερα ανοικτή».
«Θέλουμε να δούμε την Αίγυπτο να οδεύει σε ένα δημοκρατικό μέλλον», είπε ακόμη η Άστον, τονίζοντας για άλλη μια φορά την «ανησυχία» της για την κατάσταση στην Αίγυπτο.
Η επικεφαλής της διπλωματίας της ΕΕ επιβεβαίωσε ότι συναντήθηκε με τον μεταβατικό πρόεδρο Άντλι Μανσούρ, τον μεταβατικό πρωθυπουργό Χάζεμ Μπεμπλάουι, αλλά επίσης και τον νέο ισχυρό άνδρα της χώρας – τον επικεφαλής του στρατού, αντιπρόεδρο της κυβέρνησης και υπουργό Άμυνας στρατηγό Άμπντελ Φάταχ αλ Σίσι.
Ακόμη, η Άστον συναντήθηκε με εκπροσώπους του κινήματος Ταμαρόντ, το οποίο οργάνωνε τις διαδηλώσεις που προηγήθηκαν της ανατροπής του Μόρσι, αλλά και με στελέχη του ισλαμιστικού κόμματος της Ελευθερίας και της Δικαιοσύνης, του πολιτικού βραχίονα των Αδελφών Μουσουλμάνων......http://www.protothema.gr/world/article/295555/i-kathrin-aston-lupatai-pou-den-sunadithike-me-ton-morsi/
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AB'den "Mursi'yi serbest bırakın" çağrısı...
ReplyDeleteAvrupa Birliği, Mısır'ın demokratik yollarla seçilmiş ilk cumhurbaşkanı olan ve askeri darbeyle görevinden uzaklaştırılan Muhammed Mursi'nin serbest bırakılması çağrısı yaptı.
Mısır'ı ziyaret eden AB Dış İlişkiler ve Güvenlik Politikası Yüksek Temsilcisi Catherine Ashton, yaptığı açıklamada, temaslarında Mursi'nin serbest bırakılmasını gerektiğini vurguladığını aktardı.
Ashton, "Tüm açıklamalarımda ve yaptığım tüm görüşmelerde Mursi'nin serbest bırakılması gerektiğine inandığımı açıklıkla ortaya koydum" dedi.
Mursi'yle görüşme isteğinin gerçekleşmediğini dile getiren Ashton, ancak Mursi'nin iyi olduğu ve kendisine iyi bakıldığı konusunda güvence aldığını belirtti.
Catherine Ashton, temaslarında Mısır'ın ilerleyebilmesi için kapsayıcı bir süreç ve siyasi planın önemini vurguladığını aktardı.
Ashton, Kahire'de geçici Cumhurbaşkanı Adli Mansur, Mansur'un uluslararası ilişkilerden sorumlu yardımcılığına atanan Muhammed el Baradey, geçici Başbakan Hazım Beblavi, Başbakan Yardımcısı ve Savunma Bakanı Abdulfettah es-Sisi, Dışişleri Bakanı Nebil Fehmi ve Müslüman Kardeşler'in bakanlık yapmış bazı isimleriyle görüştü.
http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/rss/205215--abden-quot-mursiyi-serbest-birakin-quot-cagrisi
17/7/13