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Tony Blair insists change in Egypt must not harm peace process
Middle East envoy Tony Blair said the uprising in Egypt must not be allowed to harm the region's peace process, although its “inevitable” that the country wants change after 30 years of rule by Hosni Mubarak.
The former UK prime minister insisted the process must be "managed" to avoid it having a negative effect on ongoing efforts to resolve the longstanding dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.
"What is inevitable is that there's going to be change and the question is; what change and how do you manage it?
"So the change that people want to get to is a situation where the Egyptian government evolves and you have full, fair and free elections at a certain point in time.
"The danger in this situation is that this has obviously got vast implications for the state of Israel, the Palestinians and for the state of the peace process
"(It must be managed in a way that) means that they will have a proper democracy, but also means that the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians is not adversely affected, but rather improved by what happens," he said.
