CAIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt's capital Cairo on Tuesday, the first visit by an Iranian president to Egypt since 1979.
Ahmadinejad will participate in the upcoming Islamic Summit slated for Feb. 6-7, the first one since the Egyptian unrest broke out, also the first one that Egypt has hosted since the establishment of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1969.
Ahmadinejad was received by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi at the airport, and is scheduled to meet with al-Azhar grand Imam as well as other officials, and visit Hussein Mosque and the pyramids before taking part in the Summit proceedings.
The relations between Egypt and Iran were cut off for over three decades after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, but both states got a little closer after Egypt's regime of Hosni Mubarak was toppled in early 2011.
TEHRAN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that convergence between Tehran and Cairo could change regional and international equations in favor of both countries, Press TV reported.
"If a convergence is formed between Tehran and Cairo over regional and international issues, many equations will be reformed, " Ahmadinejad said before departing Tehran for Egypt on Tuesday to attend the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Full story
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's foreign minister said here Wednesday that Egypt has welcomed Tehran's proposal for Cairo to host the next round of the nuclear talks between the Islamic republic and the world powers, Press TV reported.
Making the remarks after a cabinet meeting, Ali-Akbar Salehi said that Egypt is now consulting with the P5+1, including Britain, France, Russia, the United States, China, plus Germany, for hosting the meeting. Full story
CAIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Some states pressure Egypt not to establish relations with Iran, but after the Egyptian uprising, Egypt does not accept dictations, Ambassador Mojtaba Amani, head of the Iranian Interests Office in Cairo, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview Sunday.
"Egypt and Iran need to take further steps to normalize ties in the future," Amani said, stressing that the non-completion of all Egyptian revolutionary institutions was the reason that Egypt was reluctant to establish full relations with Iran. Full story
CAIRO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Since Egypt's turmoil in early 2011 which saw the collapse of the ex-regime led by Hosni Mubarak, a relief in the tense Egyptian-Iranian ties gradually appeared, with the coming of the new leadership which has a Muslim-Brotherhood ( MB) background.
Ties between Egypt and Iran were cut off for over three decades after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. But now both states are ruled by Islamic-oriented administrations after the MB's Mohamed Morsi came to power in mid-2012. Full story
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