国际英语新闻:Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi wins Egyptian presidency

CAIRO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the presidential election, head of Egypt's Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Farouq Sultan announced on Sunday afternoon.

Morsi, now chairman of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, got 51.73 percent of all the votes in the run-off round, defeating his rival Ahmed Shafiq, who got 48.27 percent.

According to the commission, Morsi won 13.23 million votes, while Shafiq got 12.35 million. The eligible voters were 51 million, while the turnout was 51.8 percent, or 26.3 million, said Sultan.

Invalid votes were 834,252, he said, adding that the results in 13 sub-committees were cancelled after the commission reviewed the results over submitted appeals.

Morsi said late Sunday that he will respect all international agreements and wants peace in his first televised speech to the nation after he was officially declared winner of the presidential polls.

"We will work hard to safeguard the security of Egypt... We respect all international conventions and agreements. We have told the world we want peace," said Morsi.

"We will form very balanced relations with all international forces. It will be balanced between us and all other countries on the basis of common interests and mutual respect. We will try to treat them equally," said the presidential winner.

Morsi said Egypt would not interfere with the business of others, nor allow anyone to interfere with its internal affairs.

As Muslim brotherhood's candidate, Morsi pledged to be a president for all Egyptians.

"There is no difference between Coptics and Muslims. All are governed by the law," said Morsi. "The national unity is the only way to bring Egypt out of the current stage."

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) congratulated Morsi over his victory, wishing him good luck in carrying out his responsibilities.