The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Gargash, mourned the former Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, who died, today, Tuesday, describing him as "the brave one with great national and historical positions."

In a tweet on his account on the social networking site «Twitter», Gargash said: “The Arab world today lost a statesman, who has great national and historical positions.”

Gargash added, “President Hosni Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, was distinguished by wisdom and courage. And his role in the battle to liberate the State of Kuwait and many crises that affected the Arab world, preserved by history.

Gargash concluded, "Our condolences go to the family of the late president and the brotherly Egyptian people."