Iran, Egypt Presidents Discuss Global, Regional Issues | ||
Iran, Egypt Presidents Discuss Global, Regional Issues President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi have discussed global and regional issues in Tehran. Ahmadinejad and Mursi discussed the Syrian conflict and their nations' diplomatic ties in their first-ever bilateral meeting, an official said. "They emphasized the need to solve the Syrian crisis via diplomacy and prevent foreign intervention," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told Iran's Arabic-language news channel Al-Alam. "They also discussed ways to boost the level of Tehran-Cairo relations," he said. The meeting took place in Tehran on the sidelines of a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, during which Egypt handed over the organization's rotating presidency to Iran. Mursi's attendance was the first time a head of state from Egypt set foot in Iran since the two countries broke off diplomatic ties in the wake of Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Heading a delegation, Morsi arrived in Tehran accompanied with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr. | ||
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