It also appreciated the commitment of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to ensure a peaceful transition of power in a time-bound manner in Egypt.
In a statement, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said: “We welcome the decision of President Mubarak to step down in deference to the wishes of the people of Egypt. We also welcome the commitment of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to ensure a peaceful transition of power in a time bound manner to establish an open and democratic framework of governance”. He recalled India’s traditional close relations with the people of Egypt and wished them peace, stability and prosperity.
Meanwhile, the CPM has congratulated the people of Egypt for their brilliant success in ousting despotic ruler Hosni Mubarak. The party in a statement said, emergency should now be lifted and free and fair elections held soon. Party’s Politburo expressed hope that the people’s aspirations for a just and democratic order, for constitutional changes, lifting of emergency and establishment of a government through free and fair elections will be met without delay.
The CPM greeted the Egyptian people, especially the youth, for the brilliant success of their historic 18-day struggle against the ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Meanwhile world leaders hailed the departure of president Hosni Mubarak regime as a historic victory for people power, paving the way for democracy.
Messages of appreciations to the Egyptian people are coming from all over the world. US President Barack Obama said the people of Egypt had spoken and would settle for nothing less than “genuine democracy.”
“The people of Egypt have spoken their voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the same,” Obama said in his first public reaction.
The armed forces would now have to ensure a political transition that was “credible in the eyes of the Egyptian people,” Obama said, warning however that there could be “difficult days ahead.”
UN chief Ban Ki-moon praised Mubarak for bowing to the will of the people and taking a “difficult decision, taken in the wider interests of the Egyptian people.”
French President Nicolas Sarkozy saluted Mubarak’s “courageous and necessary” decision to step down, adding “France calls on all Egyptians to continue their march towards liberty.”