Egypt would like to stress that the international system will not get fixed as long as the application of double standards remains. We expect from others, as they expect from us, that they respect our cultural particularities and religious points of reference, and not seek to impose concepts that are unacceptable to us or politicize certain issues and use them as a pretext to intervene in the affairs of others.
Statement of H.E. Dr. Mohamed Morsy
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Before the 67th session of The General Assembly of The United Nations
New York
http://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/67/EG_en.pdf
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