Clinton arrives in Egypt; youth movement declines to meet with her
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just landed in Cairo a few minutes ago, as her plane was seen taxiing on the tarmac at the airport. As the first senior U.S. official to visit the country following the ouster of Mubarak, she is expected to meet with her counterpart, foreign minister Nabil el-Araby shortly after her arrival.
During her two-day stay she is also expected to meet with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and newly elected Prime Minister Essam Sharaf; as other U.S. officials have done in Egypt before her arrival, she will also go to Tahrir Square, where she is to meet with representatives of Mubarak opposition forces that will include a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The January 25 Revolution Youth Coalition that was so pivotal in the successful uprising and demise of Hosni Mubarak has however declined an invitation to meet with the US Secretary of State. They remain stung by Clinton's initial comments during the protests which unequivocally supported the regime in power when she said that the Mubarak regime was 'stable'.
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During her two-day stay she is also expected to meet with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and newly elected Prime Minister Essam Sharaf; as other U.S. officials have done in Egypt before her arrival, she will also go to Tahrir Square, where she is to meet with representatives of Mubarak opposition forces that will include a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The January 25 Revolution Youth Coalition that was so pivotal in the successful uprising and demise of Hosni Mubarak has however declined an invitation to meet with the US Secretary of State. They remain stung by Clinton's initial comments during the protests which unequivocally supported the regime in power when she said that the Mubarak regime was 'stable'.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: Clinton arrives in Egypt; youth movement declines to meet with her - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/clinton-arrives-egypt-youth-m...
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