WASHINGTON (NNN-KUNA) -- Responding to anti-Israel comments made in a recent debate by Egyptian presidential candidates, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Friday said US officials have made it clear that they expect the Egyptian political system going forward will honour existing obligations and have peaceful relations with its neighbours.
One of the candidates referred to Israel as an enemy and some called for a review of the 1978 Camp David accords, which are part of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
"People say things in a campaign and then when they get elected, they actually have to govern," she said during a briefing.
"We want to see free, fair transparent elections, and we want to see whomever is elected represent the best interests of all Egyptians -- the human rights, democracy, constitutional rights of all Egyptians".
US officials have told all Egyptian presidential candidates they have spoken with that "we believe that it is in the best interest of Egypt to maintain its existing arrangements and regional responsibilities with neighbours," Nuland said. --NNN-KUNA
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