CAIRO: Egypt's President-elect Mohamed Morsi received a call from United State President Barack Obama on Sunday after Morsi was declared the first freely elected president in Egypt's history. It was a historic conversation between Egypt's Islamic candidate and the White House. But Obama told the American-educated Morsi that the United States would support his presidency and work toward maintaining the two countries' relationship in the coming transition period. “The president underscored that the United States will continue to support Egypt's transition to democracy and stand by the Egyptian people as they fulfill the promise of their revolution,” the White House said in a statement after Obama's talk with Morsi. The US has in recent months looked upon the growing influence of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood with unease, fearing that it could be a concern for regional stability if they come into power. But Morsi, in his first televised address to the nation as president-elect, told Egyptians that he would maintain all current treaties, ostensibly including the Camp David accords with Israel, in a move likely to appease American fears for the near future. Morsi also said that there was “no room for the language of confrontation,” highlighting the need for the country to unite in the transition period. Still, despite the celebrations in Tahrir Square and across the country on Sunday, activists are keenly aware of the need to continue to pressure for change. Ahmed Habashy, the general coordinator for the April 6 Youth Movement in downtown Cairo, told Bikyamasr.com that “the Brotherhood is part of the revolution. And that revolution continues.” He said his group's participation in the protests over the past week in Tahrir alongside the Brotherhood was to maintain pressure against the military junta to relinquish power and return the country to civilian rule.
