Egypt ambassador to US claims country has not undergone military coup

Egypt's ambassador to Washington has reportedly denied that the country faced a military coup and the army had to intervene in order to stop the street violence from spreading out.

Mohamed Tawfik said that Egyptian military move to oust President Mohammed Morsi after massive street protests was to incite violence among his supporters, News 24 reports.

According to the report, Tawfik said that he did not believe if Egypt was in danger of losing 1.5billion dollars annual American aid, which by law should be cut off if a country's military ousts a democratically elected leader.

He said that Egypt is not run by the military adding that Egypt does not need anymore violence and the message of peace and democracy should reach the leaders of Muslim Brotherhood.

The report said that Tawfik considered Morsi did not act as president as millions people on the street he could have begun a dialogue with the protesters but instead incited his supporters to violence adding that the military moved in after more than 20 people had been killed.

Tawfik advised the Muslim Brotherhood to acknowledge their mistakes and should join the process adding that there is no room for violence, the report added.