U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said civilian rule in Egypt "should be resumed as soon as possible,” and that the country's future leadership should reflect the Egyptian people's will.
"It is a volatile situation (and) it is not clear where we are heading," Ban told journalists in Copenhagen, adding that "inclusivity" was key to any solution of the Middle Eastern country's woes.

Syria's embattled government on Thursday hailed the ouster of Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi by the army after massive street protests against him as a "great achievement".
"Syria's people and leadership and army express their deep appreciation for the national, populist movement in Egypt which has yielded a great achievement," Syrian state television said, citing an official source.

Turkey on Thursday said the military intervention that ousted Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi did not reflect the people's will and urged the country to "return to democracy.”
Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) government -- which grappled with its own mass anti-government demonstrations last month -- had established friendly ties with Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood movement.

China said Thursday it supported the "choice of the Egyptian people" and called for dialogue after the army toppled democratically-elected Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, detaining him and his top aides.
But foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying sidestepped questions on whether her comments offered "hope" to the Egyptian leader overthrown after only a year in office.

Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as the country's interim president on Thursday, a day after the military ousted and detained Mohammed Morsi following days of massive protests.
"I swear to preserve the system of the republic, and respect the constitution and law, and guard the people's interests," Mansour said as he took the oath of office at a ceremony in the Supreme Constitutional Court.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday said the military intervention that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was "a major setback for democracy in Egypt" and called for "dialogue and political compromise.”
"This is a major setback for democracy in Egypt," Westerwelle told reporters during a visit to Athens. "It is urgent that Egypt return as quickly as possible to the constitutional order... there is a real danger that the democratic transition in Egypt will be seriously damaged."

Israel maintained a worried silence on Thursday following the overthrow of Egypt's first democratically-elected president, Mohammed Morsi, by the Egyptian army.
Government officials, who are normally quick to comment on regional developments, largely maintained an unusual silence after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his cabinet not to comment on the crisis, press reports said.

Rached Ghannouchi, who heads Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party close to the Muslim Brotherhood, ruled out a similar scenario in his country following the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, in remarks published Thursday.
"Some young dreamers may think that they can repeat in Tunisia what happened in Egypt, but their efforts would be wasted," Ghannouchi told Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat, insisting the situation in Tunisia is "different" from that in Egypt.

Russia on Thursday called on all of Egypt's political forces to "exercise restraint" and refrain from violence, following the toppling of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi by the army.
"We consider it important for all political forces in Egypt to exercise restraint... to consider the broad national interests of their actions, and to prove that they strive to solve the brewing political and socio-economic problems in a democratic framework, without violence, and accounting for the interests of all social groups and religious confessions," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The United Arab Emirates has praised the Egyptian army for ousting president Mohammed Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement is the target of a crackdown in the oil-rich Gulf state.
"Egypt's great army once more proves that it is Egypt's protector ... that will ensure it remains a country of institutions and law that protects all components of the brotherly Egyptian people," Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan said in statement carried by the official WAM news agency.
