Diplomats are continuing their efforts to defuse the political tension in Egypt.

 

　　U.S. senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham are now in Cairo to hold talks with senior officials.

 

　　Their visit coincides with the trip of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.

 

　　Burns has met with top Egyptian leaders as well as a delegation from an Islamist alliance backing ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

 

　　US and European diplomats have been meeting both government officials and supporters of Morsi in recent weeks, trying to calm the situation in the country which has sometimes been marred by violence.

 

　　For more on the situation in Egypt, particularly the international mediation attempts, CRI's Zheng Chenguang spoke with Professor Raymond Tanter, Adjunct Scholar at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Professor Emeritus of The University of Michigan.