African Union delegation meets Morsi

A high-level African Union delegation met late Tuesday with ousted president Mohamed Morsi in his detention, a high-level Egyptian political source

African Union delegation meets Morsi

The delegation was flown to Morsi's yet undisclosed detention by a military helicopter, added the source. This is the second meeting between a foreign delegation and Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, since he was ousted by the military on July 3. Catherine Ashton, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, confirmed on Tuesday that she had met Morsi for two hours late Monday. She said the meeting with Morsi was frank, open and warm, adding that the former president had access to newspapers and television. Morsi has not been seen in public since his ouster and his whereabouts have not been disclosed, even to his foreign visitors. The AU delegation, led by Alpha Oumar Konaré, a former Malian president and former chairperson of the African Union Commission, is expected to conclude a several-days visit to Egypt later Tuesday. The nine-member high-level delegation held talks with several Egyptian officials on the latest developments in the country. The AU suspended Egypt’s membership following the army's removal of Morsi, in an automatic measure taken by the pan-African body following any military interruption of constitutional rule in a member state. Egypt has sent high-level envoys to African countries to explain the latest developments in the country and demand revoking the decision.

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