Egypt Morsi supporters unswayed after US envoy talks

CAIRO: Supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi held firm on Sunday on their insistence that he be reinstated after talks with a senior United States (US) official aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the crisis.

Following a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, the political arm of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood stressed its continued commitment to “legitimacy, which stipulates the return of the president, the constitution and the Shura Council,” referring to the upper house of parliament.