JORDAN’S KING ARRIVES IN EGYPT SUPPORTING MANSOUR

        Cairo, 12 Ramadan 1434/20 July 2013 (MINA) –  Jordanian King Abdullah II arrived in Cairo on Saturday  (20/7) marking the first visit of an Arab leader to Egypt after the ousted of  Mohamed Morsi on 3 July.

        Abdullah scheduled to meet with Interim President Adly Mansour to discuss the future of relations and cooperation between the two countries.

        Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy would also meet with the king, Egypt Independent quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) asreporting.

        Abdullah delegated his Foreign Minister Nasser Gouda to Cairo last week to deliver a message, stressing the importance of reinforcing bilateral relations, to Mansour. While the neighbor’s country Turkey denied the coup saying it as ‘illegal’ considering Morsi was elected democratically.

        Jordan was one of the first countries to recognize Egypt’s new administration at the beginning of July.

       The Jordanian government congratulated Mansour over his new interim post.

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Is in Shock Over Egypt

       Meanwhile according to Al-Monitor, there was a discrepancy between the reaction of the Muslim Brotherhood and that of the government in Jordan regarding the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The independent Jordanian Al-Ghad daily saw Morsi’s removal, as mentioned in its headlines, as the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt.

       Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh made haste to send a letter to Cairo in support of the decisions made by the army. Later on, Judeh headed to Egypt to meet the interim president, to whom he conveyed a message from the Jordanian king, reiterating Jordan’s support for the Egyptian people’s demands and the changes that came to pass afterwards.  

        On the other side, the Muslim Brotherhood was tremendously shocked with what was considered to be a military coup, announcing their support for Morsi and his legitimacy. The head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Consultative Council in Jordan, Hamam Said, sent a letter to the members of the organization, in which he listed the positive qualities of the deposed Egyptian president and called on them to beware the adverse media and political campaign.

        The disparity was apparent in the media. The state-owned Al-Rai newspaper devoted a large part of its Egyptian news coverage to attacking the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, while the Al-Yarmouk satellite channel, which is close to the Brotherhood, focused its attention on the Egyptian developments. The channel covered the pro-Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood protests in Rabia al-Adawiya square.

        Reactions in regard to the Egyptian developments prompt two major questions. The first is related to the repercussions of these reactions on the relationship between the state and Islamists, while the second deals with the consequences for the Islamists themselves. (T/P03/E1)