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Iran Welcomes Egypt's Call to Mend Relations

   VOA News  March 30, 2011
   Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (file photo)

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   Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (file photo)

   Iran  has  welcomed an overture from Egypt to fully restore diplomatic
   relations.
   Iranian  Foreign  Minister  Ali Akbar Salehi says there have been many
   "ups  and  downs"  between the two countries, but historical ties have
   been  sustained.   He  said  he  hoped  to  witness  an "expansion of
   relations" between Iran and Egypt.
   His  comments  at  a  Wednesday  news  conference  were in response to
   remarks  made  on  Tuesday  by  Egypt's  new  foreign  minister, Nabil
   al-Arabi.  He  told  reporters Egypt was "turning over a new leaf with
   all countries, including Iran."
   He also said Egypt did not consider Iran a hostile country.
   Iran  and  Egypt  have  not had full diplomatic relations since 1979.Â
   The  two countries severed ties after Egypt signed a peace treaty with
   Israel.
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