Army chief Sisi met with Islamist leaders last night to discuss a solution to Egypt’s political stalemate. (Reuters)
Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Islamist leaders overnight to try to resolve the deadlock between supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi and Egypt’s army-installed interim government, the army said on Sunday.
Sisi “met with several representatives of the Islamist movements ... and stressed that there are opportunities for a peaceful solution to the crisis provided all sides reject violence,” army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Aly said in a statement, without specifying who his interlocutors were.
Authorities have repeatedly urged Mursi supporters to leave their two major sit-ins in Cairo which have paralyzed parts of the capital for over a month.
But Mursi’s supporters insist on the reinstatement of Egypt’s first democratically elected president as a pre-condition for any resolution to the crisis.
(With AFP)
