Kerry (I Will Implement 'President Obama's Vision For The World') tells Egyptians he’s ‘here to listen’ not interfere.

Kerry (I Will Implement 'President Obama's Vision For The World') tells Egyptians he’s ‘here to listen’ not interfere.(AA). U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday urged bickering Egyptian political leaders to forge a consensus to pave the way for aid that could help lift their country out of its deep economic crisis.
“There must be a willingness on all sides to make meaningful compromises on the issues that matter most to the Egyptian people,” Kerry told reporters after initial talks with Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr in Cairo.
“We do believe that in this moment of economic challenge that it is important for the Egyptian people to come together around the economic choices and to find some common ground in making those choices.”
Kerry’s visit comes with Egypt deeply divided between President Mohamed Mursi’s mainly Islamist allies and a wide-ranging opposition that accuses Mursi of failing to address the country’s economic needs and political concerns.
Kerry said he would discuss with Mursi on Sunday ways in which the United States could help Egypt recover from its economic crisis.“And I emphasize again, as strongly as I can, we’re not here to interfere, I’m here to listen,” Kerry said.
He said U.S. President Barack Obama would like to be engaged in supporting the country including through “economic assistance, support for private businesses, growing Egyptian exports to us.”
As Kerry arrived from Turkey, protesters torched a police station in the canal city of Port Said which is entering a third week of civil unrest, reflecting the size of the task in Egypt which has been rocked by months of violence.
The official MENA news agency said protesters also stormed a police building in the Nile Delta city of Mansura, where overnight clashes left one person dead and dozens injured.
Kerry began the Cairo leg of his tour by meeting Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, before evening talks with Amr.
Outside the foreign ministry, dozens of protesters burned pictures of Kerry as they chanted against perceived U.S. support for Mursi.But Kerry insisted the United States was not biased towards any party.
“I make it particularly clear today on behalf of President Obama and the American people that we come here as friends for the Egyptian people, not for one government, or one person or one party or one ideology but for the Egyptian people.”
The opposition criticizes Washington for urging it to reconsider a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections. Earlier, Kerry met former Arab League chief Amr Mussa and spoke with Mohamed ElBaradei by telephone. ElBaradei and opposition figure Hamdeen Sabahi had refused to meet him in person.Read the full story here.