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U.S. Ambassador in Cairo: We'll Act To Help The Copts

During a meeting with Coptic Church Patriarch Shinoda, U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey promised that the U.S. administration would compel the Egyptian government to pass legislation for the Coptic minority, such as a law arranging for church construction, or even top posts and allocation of seats for Copts in parliament.

Source: Al-Masryoon, Egypt, January 21, 2010

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