Tunisian minister: Egypt must chart its own path [View All]

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Source: AP

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's new foreign minister says his country isn't going to lecture Egyptians on what path their country should take, following this week's anti-government protests.

The two Arab countries are different and must each chart their own course, Ahmed Ounaies told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday. Tunisia's protests toppled the country's longtime autocratic leader two weeks ago, while Egypt remains in chaos amid the biggest anti-government protests ever faced by the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.

"It is up to the Egyptian people to decide their present and their future for themselves," Ounaies, a career diplomat and a political independent, said. "We are not going to decide on their behalf or give them any lessons."



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