CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — "... Amr Mussa, distanced himself from his country's past policies towards Israel and told AFP in an interview his government would be frank with the US. The outgoing Arab League secretary general said that Egypt's regional standing had diminished under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak... Mussa said he would maintain a strong but more independent relationship with Washington, which underwrites most of Egypt's foreign aid. "The policies that we saw were not supported by the people, nor understood by many," said the veteran diplomat who himself served as Mubarak's foreign minister for a decade.... "Any policy that goes against the public mood and the opinions it adopts is wrong, especially on sensitive matters such as Palestine,... You can't have the people opposing the siege of Gaza, and a policy for the Gaza siege," he said, referring to a blockade by Israel and Egypt ... "
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