Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has sent a delegation to Iran to discuss a proposal to establish a quartet to end the crisis in Syria.
According to the Fars News Agency, Morsi issued a statement saying that he sent two envoys to Iran to follow up on Cairo’s proposal that Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia form a group to work out a solution to the crisis in Syria.
The delegation included Morsi’s foreign relations advisor, Essam el-Haddad, and his chief of staff, Refaa al-Tahtawi.
During a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca in August 2012, the Egyptian president presented the initiative to establish a contact group on Syria comprising Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
A high-level meeting of the group was held on September 17, 2012 about a week after preparatory talks in Cairo by lower-ranking officials from the four countries.
The Iranian, Egyptian, and Turkish presidents also met in Cairo on February 6 and called for an immediate solution to the crisis in Syria and an end to the bloodshed.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 12th OIC summit. Saudi Arabia did not attend the negotiations.
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Morsi highlighted Iran’s role in the efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria.
