US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Cairo on Saturday for talks with new President Mohammad Mursi, amid a power struggle between the leader and the generals who ruled Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Cairo on Saturday for talks with new President Mohammad Mursi, amid a power struggle between the leader and the generals who ruled Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

It will be Clinton's second visit to the Arab world's most populous nation since a popular uprising overthrew long-time US ally Hosni Mubarak last year.

Over two days, she will meet Mursi -- a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood until he was sworn in last month -- and other top officials, as well as civil society groups, the official MENA news agency reported.

Clinton steps into the political maelstrom of a complex power struggle between the president and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).

Last week, Mursi ordered parliament to convene, defying a military decision to disband the house after the country's top court ruled it invalid.
Mursi's decree was applauded by supporters who believed the court's decision to disband parliament was political, but it set off a fire storm of criticism from opponents who accused him of overstepping his authority.

Earlier this week Clinton urged dialogue between all parties.
The Egyptian people should "get what they protested for and what they voted for, which is a fully elected government making the decisions for the country going forward", she added.

"We strongly urge dialogue and a concerted effort on the part of all to try to deal with the problems, that are understandable but have to be resolved in order to avoid any kind of difficulties that could derail the transition," she said.