Washington ensures that it will not endorse any presidential candidate in Egypt

The U.S. assured on Thursday that it did not support any candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt,  though the former army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is considered the favorite.

"We know that Marshall al-Sissi resigned from jos function of Minister of Defense, declared the presidential candidate. U.S. does not support any party or any candidate for election in Egypt," said the deputy spokesman of the U.S. State Department, Marie Harf.

"We respect the choice of the Egyptian people, the one that they must choose the direction to be taken by their country," she added.

Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the new most powerful man in Egypt, announced on Wednesday night, during a TV show, that he will run for the presidential elections scheduled for the spring and vowed to "liberate Egypt from terrorism."

Appointed for defense during the reign of Morsi, al-Sissi was until Wednesday night the chief of army, the defense minister and vice-prime minister of the interim authorities. In order to be eligible for the function, he was forced to resign from these positions.

A leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the deposed president Mohamed Morsi brotherhood, later said that there will no be stability in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government.