Spokesman for government in Egypt has criticised a decision by the US to suspend a large part of the $1.3bn (£810m) in aid it receives, following months of political turmoil.

 While speaking in Cairo, the spokesman said the move was wrong and Egypt would "not surrender to American pressure".

The US said this week it was suspending the delivery of large-scale military systems and withholding cash support.

But US Secretary of State John Kerry later stressed the decision was not "a withdrawal from our relationship".

"The interim government understands very well our commitment to the success of this government," Mr Kerry said.

The US administration is seeking to have it both ways - on the one hand delaying the supply of big-ticket weaponry to Egypt's military while doing nothing that might damage its ability to wage operations in Sinai against Islamist extremists.

All the signals from Washington are that this is a temporary measure - "a re-calibration" of aid as one official put it.