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Iranian FM to deliver Ahmadinejad's message to Egyptian president

10 January 2013 11:46 (UTC+04:00)
Iranian FM to deliver Ahmadinejad's message to Egyptian president

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in last leg of his African tour arrived in Egypt's capital city, Cairo, late Wednesday night, Trend news agency reported referring to IRNA agency .

Salehi in his Thursday meeting with Egypt President Mohammed Morsi would deliver President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's message to his Egyptian counterpart.

According to the dispatched IRNA reporter to Cairo, the Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidential Office, Yasser Ali, in a press conference on Wednesday night referring to the scheduled meeting between minister Salehi and President Morsi, added, 'The details of President Ahmadinejad's message would be announced after its delivery to President Morsi."

Salehi's official visit of Egypt would take two days.

Salehi is scheduled to meet the representative of both the UN and the Arab League in Syrian affairs Lakhdar Brahimi and the Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi during the visit.

Salehi would also talk with Egyptian officials on an upcoming Islamic Conference in Cairo.

He is also scheduled to meet the head of Egyptian Coptic Christians Pope Taradus II and the Sheikh of Egypt's Al-Azhar University Ahmad al-Tayyib.

Salehi will hold talks with Egyptian officials about the latest regional developments, particularly in Syria and Palestine.

This is Salehi's second visit to Egypt during the tenure of President Morsi, who has also visited Iran once to attend the 16th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Tehran Summit as the head of NAM and handed over the NAM presidency for the next four years to Iran.

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