During the meeting, Mursī disclaimed being biased towards the Muslim Brotherhood, after Egyptian professors of political sciences residing in Germany urged him to fulfill his promise of being "president for all Egyptians", whereas all decisions made to date are for the benefit of his former political party.
On security officials responsible for widespread brutality and not been held accountable, Mursī commented that it will need time to reform the law enforcement agencies. He added that most protests against the police are because of what they used to be in the past namely a symbol of injustice and oppression but no country can live without police securing their lives.
Mursī dismissed as groundless reports saying that Coptic girls in Egypt are being abducted on a daily basis. Mursī urged the Egyptian expatriate who asked the question to provide him with information about specific cases, promising to follow them up personally if they turned to be true. "Once again, I stress that Copts are partners to Muslims and have the same rights and duties," he said.
"The country is in need of all efforts of its sons, whether inside or outside, to achieve long-hoped-for development and progress," he noted.
"Egyptian expatriates can benefit their country and they do not have to come to Egypt but they can use modern communication tools to be useful to their homeland," Mursī said.
"We want everyone to have a role in building modern Egypt either by presenting new ideas and experience or taking part in development projects, […] "Egypt wants new projects in the domains of infrastructure, Nano-technology, solar and wind energy, shore protection, tourism and mining, " he added.
Mursī lauded the big money transfers made by Egyptian expatriates to boost the Egyptian economy, saying these funds totaled $19 billion dollar by the end of 2012. This sum could rise to 30 billion dollars if only three million Egyptians transferred 10 thousand dollars each, Mursī noted. These sums back cash reserves and will be channeled into investment projects, he said. "Our economy is strong despite allegations that it is waning," Mursī said. He promised to quickly settle problems of Nubians and offer necessary compensations for lands taken away from them.
Mursī noted that despite the violent clashes that are occurring in this transitional phase, there have been five positive accomplishments during the last two years: the constitutional plebiscites, the parliamentary elections as well as the election for the Shūrá Council’, and finally, the ratification of a new Constitution. [Ahmad Majdī, al-Akhbār, Feb. 1, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
