Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi hold his portrait at a rally at Raba Al Adaawyia Mosque in Cairo on July 4, 2013.<\/p>\n
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An independent Italian newspaper has published a secret document showing that Saudi Arabia was opposed to Mohamed Morsi being elected Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s president over a year ago.\n<\/p>\n
The Notizie Geopolitiche<\/i> said that the document was a letter written by Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal to the Saudi Embassy in the Egyptian capital Cairo.\n<\/p>\n
It was written when Egypt held its first freely-contested elections in May last year.\n<\/p>\n
In the letter, Riyadh ordered its diplomats in Cairo to do everything possible to prevent the victory of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, to which Morsi belongs.\n<\/p>\n
Morsi took office as Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s first freely-elected president in June 2012. However, after facing calls to step down, he was toppled in a military coup July 3 this year.\n<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia has supported Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s army intervention in the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s political crisis. It was also the first country to congratulate Egypt\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s interim president.\n<\/p>\n
The military’s overthrow of Morsi has sparked deadly clashes and deepened divisions in the North African country.\n<\/p>\n
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