Iran-Egypt Parliamentary Group Meets Egyptian Envoy, Diplomats

Members of Iran-Egypt Parliamentary Group met with the Head of Egypt’s Interest Section in Tehran Khalid Emarah and a number of Egyptian diplomats.

The two sides met in a dinner banquet thrown in the honor of the Egyptian side by the Iranian parliament in Tehran on Tuesday.

At the event, Head of Iran-Egypt Parliamentary Group Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that the two countries share many commonalities and historical bonds, and underlined the importance of bolstering and reinvigorating ties between Tehran and Cairo in different fields.

“Linking the massive possibilities and capabilities of Iran and Egypt can play an influential role in resolving many problems existing in the Muslim world,” Boroujerdi said.

Emarah, for his part, said, Egypt attaches great importance to the expansion of friendly ties with Iran.

The Egyptian people and government favor expansion of economic cooperation with Iran, he reiterated.

After the collapse of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, the Iranian and Egyptian officials voiced their interest in the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi officially invited the then Egyptian counterpart Nabil Al-Arabi to pay a visit to Tehran.

Later, the Iranian foreign minister and his former Egyptian counterpart also held a meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

Also, during the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran late August, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Egyptian counterpart conferred on ways to promote the bilateral relations between Tehran and Cairo, and stressed the need for continued consultations in this regard.

In a latest development, President Mursi in a meeting with Salehi in Cairo in September said that Iran plays an important role in resolving the regional crises, and underlined that Tehran and Cairo should be united in dealing with global challenges.

“When the followers of unrighteousness are united in their unrighteous path, why should not we go united in our right position when dealing with global challenges,” Mursi said.

Stressing that Egypt assumes Iran’s stability as its own stability, he said, “There is no problem between Iran and Egypt.”