[caption id="attachment_40089" align="alignright" width="210"] EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) meets with interim President Adly Mansour in Cairo on July 17, 2013.[/caption]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the European Union's refusal to denounce the military coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Brotherhood's political wing, expressed surprise in a Thursday statement over the official position of the EU on the ongoing turmoil in the North African country.

"The (FJP) delegation has expressed its surprise and condemnation of the official position of the European Union, which did not ... condemn the military coup that denied the Egyptian people their right to choose their president, their parliament, and their constitution," the statement read.

The statement comes a day after the bloc's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton visited Cairo and met Egypt’s new interim leaders as well as members of Tamarod, the key grass-roots movement behind the anti-Morsi mass protests.

In Cairo, she said the EU wanted Egypt to move "swiftly" towards an inclusive democratic process that engaged all factions.

On Tuesday, Egypt’s new 34-member cabinet was sworn in by interim president Adly Mansour.

Tension has intensified since the Egyptian army overthrew Morsi, suspended the constitution, dissolved the parliament on July 3 and declared the chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, as interim president the following day.

Dozens of people have since been killed in the wave of violent clashes between Morsi supporters, his opponents and security forces.

By Press TV

 

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