Egypt says diplomacy has failed to resolve crisis

Egypt says diplomacy has failed to resolve crisis

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s presidency said today that diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the standoff between the country’s military-backed interim leadership and the Muslim Brotherhood have failed. The statement from interim President Adly Mansour’s office follows a flurry of diplomatic visits over the past two weeks by envoys from the United States, the EU and Arab Gulf states to defuse the crisis between the government and supporters of ousted Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, who was a longtime Brotherhood member.