At the meeting on Friday morning, the Egyptian army supported the decision of the President Hosni Mubarak remains in power until the end of his mandate in September, but to transfer part of authority to his Vice President Omar Suleiman, and announced the termination of the emergency.

In their statement, the army said they accepted Mubarak’s plan of peaceful power transfer and organization of fair and peaceful presidential elections in autumn.

Egyptian army stated that the emergency, which has been in power for 19 years, will be called off as soon as the circumstances allow, implying they want the protesters to withdraw from the streets, agencies report.

The army also invited to normalization of life in the country.

Calling off the emergency is one of the chief demands of the protesters which have been marching for two weeks demanding Mubarak’s resignation.

Generals from the very top of the Egyptian army announced on Thursday they would support citizens’ legitimate demands and will protect them.

Some interpreted the first statement as a threat of coups d'état, but Mubarak addressed the nation on Thursday evening, refusing to leave his position until his mandate ends in September, although he partially transferred his authority to Suleiman.

That dispersed the hope of hundreds of thousands of protesters, which have been demanding his resignation for two weeks, and many of them demanded from the army to intervene and overthrow Mubarak in the name of the citizens.

They gathered again in Cairo, demanding Mubarak’s instant resignation. Gathering on Friday was announced as the largest one yet, after Mubarak’s decision not to leave his position yet, announced Thursday evening . A small group of protesters gathered in front of presidential palace.