Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, professor of Political Sociology and Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, recently revealed important details about separate negotiations between both Dr. Mohamed Morsy and Ahmed Shafik with the U.S. administration before the run-off to the Egyptian presidential election.
Ibrahim confirms that he received the information from U.S. administration officials stating that the Muslim Brotherhood had sent a delegation of 30 leaders to the United States before the run-off between Morsy and Shafik in the presidential election with the sole purpose of assuring U.S. officials. The delegation pledged to maintain the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, preserve the economic interests of the United States in Egypt, and resist the Iranian influence in the region, all the while protecting any American facilities in Egypt.
Ibrahim, who has just returned from a visit to the United States, stated that officials in the U.S. administration sought support from the Muslim Brotherhood delegation for Saudi Arabia against Iran. They also sought a commitment from the Brotherhood to align itself with the same position of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the event of a U.S. strike on the Iranian nuclear reactor.
Meanwhile, Shafik was told by the American Ambassador in Egypt that the U.S. administration is completely neutral concerning the presidential election and is concerned only with its own interests.
Summarized by Coptic Solidarity; first published on Youm 7, 8/23/2012
