Tunisian minister: Egypt must chart its own path

[Joanne98]

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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[sofa king]

1. A guy named Washington would have sympathized.

“If I were to advise, I should say that great moderation should be used on both sides.… Such a spirit seems to be awakened in the kingdom as, if managed with extreme prudence, may produce a gradual and tacit revolution, much in favor of the subjects.”

But he wasn't going to fully back the French Revolution.

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