U.N. Security Council to meet on Thursday to discuss Egypt


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Aug 2013

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss the situation in Egypt after hundreds of people were killed and thousands wounded when troops and police crushed protests seeking the return of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.

The Security Council will be briefed behind closed doors by U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at 22.30 British Time. The meeting was jointly requested by council members France, Britain and Australia.

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