US Senator and head of the US Senate foreign relations ‎committee John Kerry, along with US Ambassador to Egypt ‎Anne Patterson, visited the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and ‎Justice Party (FJP) Cairo headquarters on Saturday.

The Muslim ‎Brotherhood’s Ikhwanonline website released the news on ‎Sunday, stating that the meeting had been attended by FJP ‎head Mohamed Morsi, FJP deputy leader Essam El-Arian, and ‎FJP Secretary-General Mohamed Saad El-Katatni. ‎

According to the Muslim Brotherhood website, Kerry stated that ‎the FJP’s success in the first round of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak ‎parliamentary polls had come as no surprise, stressing his ‎respect for the choice made by the Egyptian people. ‎Discussions mainly revolved around Egypt’s ongoing economic ‎crisis and the international treaties to which it is signatory, the ‎website noted.‎

Morsi reportedly assured his visitors that no major changes ‎would be made to Egypt’s constitution or to current investment ‎laws.

He added that there were several principles that all ‎Egyptian political forces agreed must be enshrined in Egypt’s ‎national charter, including those concerning civil rights and ‎general freedoms. However, he stressed that the section of the ‎constitution related to presidential authorities would likely be ‎subject to amendment.‎

Morsi further assured his interlocutors that – in light of Egypt’s ‎central role in the Arab, Islamic and international arena – it would ‎respect all international treaties to which it was signatory, adding ‎that the US could play an important role in achieving political ‎stability and economic recovery for several nations of the ‎region. ‎