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Anti-Morsi protesters celebrated in Tahrir Square after the televised announcement
William Hague has said the UK "will work with the people in authority in Egypt" but condemned the overthrow of its president as "a dangerous thing".
The foreign secretary told the BBC the UK wanted to see a civilian-led government in Egypt.
But he said "we have to work with whoever is in authority" to protect Britons and UK firms in Egypt.
Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, was ousted by its army on Wednesday night.
It followed mass protests against his government - elected following the 2011 revolution and ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak.
'Dangerous precedent'Mr Hague told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We don't support military intervention as a way to resolve disputes in a democratic system.
"It's of course a dangerous precedent to do that, if one president can be deposed by the military then of course another one can be in the future - that's a dangerous thing.
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Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said the armed forces could not stay silent to the call of the Egyptian masses
"It's happened so we have to recognise now the situation will move on."
He said it was for political leaders and others to make sure changes were made to ensure the constitution and elections were respected by all, and improve the Egyptian economy.
"We recognise states not governments. We recognise the state of Egypt and we have to work with whoever is in authority in Egypt, we have to do that for the safety of British nationals we have to do that because there are so many British companies there. There isn't really any question of not recognising a particular government."
He said he could "make our views clear" but had to recognise it was a popular intervention as there had been "enormous dissatisfaction" in Egypt and the situation would now "move on".
"We don't support military interventions but we will work with the people in authority in Egypt."
Great turbulenceMr Hague rejected suggestions that sometimes Western models of democracy should not replace autocratic regimes, which provided stability: "No, I don't think so because stability in the long run comes from democratic institutions and the broad acceptance of a democratic constitution.
"The autocratic regimes that we saw across North Africa, that we saw over the last few decades didn't bring stability of course, because they didn't bring political freedom, they didn't bring economic opportunity for their citizens... stability comes from democratic institutions."
But the route to those democratic institutions could be complicated he said - "What's happening in the Arab Spring may well take a generation and there will be upheavals, there will be great turbulence from time to time.
"I think we have to have the strategic patience to live with that and work with that, and respect the fact people are having debates we had in Europe for hundreds of years about the role of religion in the state."
He added: "Autocracy cannot be the way of the future in the 21st Century and it doesn't bring stability for British interests."
In a TV address on Wednesday evening, the head of Egypt's army, Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, announced that President Mohammed Morsi was no longer in office having "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people".
The constitution had been suspended and Mr Morsi's powers would be taken on by the chief justice of the constitutional court, he said.
UK Foreign Office advice urges Britons to avoid all but essential travel to most parts of Egypt and calls on those already there to consider whether they need to remain.
The resorts which are not covered by the advice are:
- the entire region of Sharm El Sheikh, Taba, Nuweiba and Dahab
- the St Catherine's Monastery World Heritage Site
- road travel between the Red Sea resorts
- road travel from the Red Sea resorts to St Catherine's Monastery approaching from the east
- transfers between the resorts and the airports of Taba and Sharm El Sheikh
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