The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons.