[Jpost] Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday the transitional phase of government in Egypt should end "by next spring," replacing leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohamed Mursi in July.The Egyptian army ousted Morsi, a Moslem Brüderbund leader, on July 3 after mass protests against his one-year rule.
An interim government was appointed and a roadmap for a transition to new elections was announced.
"Work is under way, in line with the roadmap, on several tracks. It has so far succeeded in establishing the principles of justice, freedom and democracy, as a basis for governance," Fahmy told the UN General Assembly.
"This will be followed by parliamentary elections, then presidential elections, so that the transitional phase ends by next spring," he said.