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Iran FM Urges Egypt to be ‘Courageous’, Upgrade Diplomatic Ties

04/23/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“Iran on Saturday urged Egyptian officials to find the courage necessary to resume full diplomatic ties with Tehran.

‘Egypt should take a courageous step for upgrading diplomatic ties with Iran,’ Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told official news agency IRNA.

Salehi said Cairo should resist the opposition from the United States and Israel, and take an independent decision to bring the two Islamic countries closer together.

Iran has several times said it was ready to resume full diplomatic ties with Cairo, but former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak rejected the overtures for 15 years.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi declared last month a readiness to promote bilateral ties and ‘open a new page with Iran’ in the post-Mubarak era.”  Read more.

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