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Brotherhood's Bayoumi: Egypt 'Will Not Turn Its Back' on US

In an interview, Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Rashad al-Bayoumi addressed Egyptian-US relations, Egypt's economy and President Morsi's position on the Syrian crisis.
Deputy Supreme Guide of Muslim Brotherhood, Rashad al-Bayoumi listens to journalists' questions during an interview on March 23, 2013 in Cairo. Al-Bayoumi, said Friday's violence that wounded more than 160 people was "a tragedy." AFP PHOTO STR        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Rashad al-Bayoumi stressed that under President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt will not turn its back on the United States; however, at the same time, it wants to deal with the United States based on a mutual relationship, far removed from the policy of "leader and subordinate" that prevailed under the previous regime. 

During an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor's Adnan Abu Amer at the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in the Mokattam neighborhood of Cairo, Bayoumi indicated that the Sinai would remain a point of vulnerability for Egypt's security. He called for reconstruction in the Sinai and revival of the economic situation for the region's residents. 

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