CAIRO – A longtime Egyptian diplomat and former presidential contender says the Muslim Brotherhood must drop its demand that the toppled president be reinstated if the country is to avoid more bloodshed.
Amr Moussa told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Islamist group's calls for President Mohammed Morsi to return to power are "untenable."
Moussa said: "It is in their hands. If they act intelligently at this stage, they will certainly move into the future."
Moussa served as foreign minister under deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak and later served as head of the Arab League. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2012 elections that brought Morsi to power.
Asked if he'd run in a planned 2014 election, Moussa said he had no plans to contest.
