Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim held a large meeting with a number of security leaders to study means of breaking up the Rabaa al-Adaweya and al-Nahda square sit-ins in a way that preserves the lives of citizens and their security and stability, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Thursday.
The meeting came after the cabinet's decision to take the necessary measures to break up both sit-ins as they pose a threat to national security, the statement said.
The interior minister stressed his keeness to preserve the lives of citizens, their safety, and their stability, it added.
The statement called on supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsy to end their sit-ins in Nasr City and Nahda Square, promising not to prosecute them if they did so.
Information Minister Dorreya Sharaf Eddin said in a press conference Wednesday that the cabinet decided to break up the sit-ins in accordance with the law, as they posed a threat to the safety of citizens and to national security.
