BRUSSELS (AP)
-- The European Union says it will "urgently review" its relations with
Egypt where more than 800 people have died in clashes between security
forces and supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi.
The
Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, Jose
Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, said Sunday in a rare joint
foreign policy statement that it's the responsibility of the army and
the interim government to end the violence.
They
say calls for democracy and fundamental rights "cannot be disregarded,
much less washed away in blood," adding "the violence and the killings
of these last days cannot be justified nor condoned."
EU
foreign ministers are expected to hold an emergency meeting on Egypt
this week. The bloc is a major source of aid and business for Egypt.
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