Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy (L) shakes hands as he meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a bilateral meeting in New York, September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday that Egypt would look beyond the United States to meet its security needs and warned Washington that it could no longer ignore popular demands in a changed Arab world.
Speaking ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Fahmy said the United States must take a long-term view of its relations with Egypt and understand that in the wake of the Arab Spring, "it would have to deal now with the Arab peoples, not only with Arab governments".
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