White House Urges "Maximum Restraint" to Egypt Military

The White House urged a return to democratically elected civilian government in Egypt on Monday, calling for "maximum restraint" by the military, adding that it would "not be in the best interests of the United States" to change the current US financial assistance program to the troubled nation.

Published

8 months ago

Categories

US, World

Topics

US Politics, Middle East & North Africa, International Relations, Military

People

Jay Carney, Mohamed Morsi

Places

United States of America, Egypt

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SHOTLIST: WASHINGTON, 8 JULY, 2013, SOURCE: US POOL *NO RESALE FOR NON-EDITORIAL PURPOSES* SOUNDBITE 1 Jay Carney (man), White House spokesman (English, 31 sec) "The United States remains deeply concerned by the increasing violence across Egypt and by Egypt's dangerous level of political polarisation. We strongly condemn any violence as well as any incitement to violence. We express our condolences those who have been killed and their families and hope that those who are wounded or have been wounded recover quickly. We call on the military to use maximum restraint responding to protesters, just as we urge all those demonstrating to do so peacefully." SOUNDBITE 2 Jay Carney (man), White House spokesman (English, 8 sec) "Looking forward, we will work with a transitional Egyptian government to promote a quick and responsible return to a sustainable and democratically elected civilian government." -MID of White House spokesman Jay Carney entering briefing room -WIDE of White House press briefing room -------------------------------------------- AFP TEXT STORY: Egypt-politics-US-military-aid URGENT ������ US: no immediate cutoff in aid to Egypt WASHINGTON, July 08, 2013 (AFP) - The White House said Monday an immediate cutoff in military aid to Egypt would not be in US interests, and that it would take time to make a decision on long-term funding after last week's military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. "We think that would not be in our best interests," White House spokesman Jay Carney said when asked whether Washington was weighing cutting off US funds for Egypt's military in the short term.