Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on 29 December said his country supported the Syrian revolution and that President Bashar Al-Asasd’s administration had no place in Syria’s future. Morsi said Egypt’s priority was to halt the bloodshed and to work, with “Arab, regional and international support and consensus,” for a political solution that would allow “the Syrian people to replace the current regime” with elected leaders.
“All of that while preserving the unity of Syria,” Morsi said during a televised speech to Egypt’s Shoura Council, or upper house of parliament. “There is no place for the current regime in the future of Syria.”
Assad has been losing ground to rebels waging a 21-month-old uprising. “The revolution of the Syrian people, which we support, will go forward, God willing, to realize its goals of freedom, dignity and social justice,” Morsi added.