Transition of power in Egypt to take place in nine months - envoy
19:26, 10 March 2011
MOSCOW. March 10. KAZINFORM Transition of power from Egypt's Supreme Military Council to the civilian rule will take place in nine months as a maximum, Egypt's ambassador to Moscow Alaa el-Hadidi told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
"If there are no surprises, this will happen in nine months as a maximum," he said.
"There is a unique situation in Egypt," he said. "The Supreme Military Council itself wants to transfer power to the civilian forces soon. At the same time representatives of the country's all civilian forces demand that the Council should extend a transition period"; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.