NNA - The Secretary General of the European Council Catherine Ashton visits Egypt today (Wednesday) to meet with Egyptian officials and urge them to return, as soon as possible, to the democratic transition.



"Ashton will meet with temporary President Adli Mansour, members of the new Cabinet, political forces and representatives of civil society," the statement added.



Ashton stressed that her visit to Egypt would be to strongly reiterate their message which called for an inclusive political process that would take into consideration all the groups that support democracy.



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