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Iranian, Egyptian presidents discuss NAM
objectives, region
Thursday August 30, 2012 11:25:57 PM,
IANS
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Tehran: Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
held talks here on Thursday about the objectives of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and regional developments.
Quoting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African
Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the semi-official Mehr news
agency said the two presidents held talks in a "friendly
atmosphere" and reviewed the objectives of the NAM and their
concerns, reported Xinhua.
The Islamic republic officially assumed the NAM rotating
presidency from Egypt Thursday. At the opening ceremony of the NAM
summit in Tehran, Morsi, who arrived here Thursday morning, handed
over the NAM's rotating presidency to his Iranian counterpart.
During the meeting, the Iranian president congratulated Morsi for
his victory in Egypt's presidential election and Morsi described
Iran's presidency over the NAM as an "opportunity" for the
movement, Amir-Abdollhian was quoted as saying.
About Iran-Egypt diplomatic relations, the Iranian official said
the issue has only been discussed on the ministerial level.
Morsi is the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since diplomatic
ties between the two countries were broken off in the wake of
Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
The Egyptian president left Iran after handing over the NAM
presidency to Iran, said Mehr.
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