BRATISLAVA, February 12, (WEBNOVINY) – Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomes the announcement of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation from the post of Egyptian president. The ministry further states that “this step, for which protesters in Cairo and other Egyptian cities were calling during the eighteen days of protests, has opened a prospect of fundamental democratic changes for the people of Egypt”. The ministry believes that “a wide dialogue between representatives of the Egyptian people and structures of state power will be led in a constructive and peaceful atmosphere and its results will be a shift to democracy, respect of human rights and preparation of free elections,” the ministry adds in the statement, provided to SITA news agency by its press department.
President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak stepped down from his post on Friday, February 11, after nearly thirty years, and handed power to the military. 82-year-old Mubarak resigned after eighteen days of nationwide protests, demanding his overthrow. The political future of the country, at present under military rule, is not yet known.
SITA
