US still analysing Egypt situation, White House says

Describing the situation in Egypt as "complex and difficult" and having consequences, the White House today said it was closely monitoring the situation in the Arab nation and was still to determine whether the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi was indeed a military coup.
Expressing concern over the eruption of violence in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi was ousted by the military last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the US is "monitoring the situation" in Egypt and will take time to determine the events that happened in the country and how to analyse them.
"We think, it would not be in the best interests of the United States to change the assistance that we provide to Egypt," Carney said when asked if the US was planning on cutting its USD 1.5 billion annual aid to Egypt.

The US is calling for the return to a democratic-elected government, he said.
"The United States remains deeply concerned by the increasing violence across Egypt and by Egypt's dangerous level of political polarisation. We strongly condemn any violence as well as any incitement to violence. We express our condolences to those who have been killed and their families and hope that those who are wounded or have been wounded recover quickly," he said.
"We call on the military to use maximum restraint responding to protestors, just as we urge all those demonstrating to do so peacefully. We also condemn the explicit calls to violence made by the Muslim Brotherhood," Carney said at his daily news conference - the first after last week's dramatic events.

"During this transitional period, Egypt's stability and democratic political order are at stake, and Egypt will not be able to emerge from this crisis unless its people come together to find a non-violent and inclusive path forward. We continue to urge all political, military and religious leaders to prioritise efforts to bridge Egypt's deep divisions," he said.
Carney said the US was not aligned with nor was it supporting any particular political party or group.