[Al Ahram] The United States has "real concerns" about the direction being taken by the Egyptian government following recent arrests and political violence, Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
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said Tuesday.
"We have put a series of real choices to the government of Egypt, but in the end they have to make those choices," Kerry told news hounds after talks with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se.
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and the administration "share real concerns about the direction that Egypt appears to be moving in."
"It is our hope that there is still time to be able to turn a corner," he said.
"But the recent arrests, the violence in the streets, the lack of inclusivity with respect to the opposition in public ways that make a difference to the people of Egypt, are all of concern today."