Speaker, we want to acknowledge the principled position South Africa and the AU took on the matter of the unconstitutional change of government. We further want to commend the AU and our own country for their swift action in leading the international community on this matter.
However, we want to express our concern on the matter of the more than 900 people who have died in violent clashes in Egypt. They were mostly killed by their own government and, of course, there was the resultant destruction of property and churches, and so on. We use this opportunity to call on the South African government, and through it on the AU, to continue to be seized with the matter of Egypt and to help find a solution for Egypt to these lasting problems and for its return to democracy.