The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind Egypt's vice president, Omar Suleiman, backing his attempt to defuse a popular uprising without immediately removing President Hosni Mubarak from power.
U.S. officials said Suleiman had promised them an "orderly transition" that would include constitutional reform and outreach to opposition groups. "That takes some time," Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton said, speaking at a Munich security conference. "There are certain things that have to be done in order to prepare."
The endorsement came as Suleiman appeared to reject the protesters' main demands, including the immediate resignation of Mubarak and the dismantling of a political system built around one-party rule, according to leaders of a small, officially authorized opposition party who spoke with Suleiman on Saturday.
Note: EU-Digest: An opposition leader said: "Mr. Suleiman must understand that its not the military that can be setting the pace of reforms in Egypt anymore, the had their chance and blew it."
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