Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects Cabinet offer

A spokesman for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says the group will reject any offer to join an interim government to replace the administration of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

A spokesman for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has said the group will reject any offer to join an interim government to replace the administration of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

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Newly appointed Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi is to begin forming a Cabinet on Wednesday, and has said he will offer the Brotherhood - which helped propel Morsi to the presidency - posts in a new government.

A Brotherhood spokesman dismissed any talk of joining a military-backed administration, and said talk of national reconciliation is "irrelevant."

He spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns for his security. Morsi was deposed on July 3 after four days of massive protests demanding he step down, prompting the military to step in and oust him.