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IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN CAIRO ON HISTORIC VISIT
February 5, 2013 - 14:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on
Tuesday, Feb 5, for the first trip by an Iranian head of state to
Egypt since the 1979 revolution, underlining the more open ties that
have developed since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state.
President Mohamed Mursi kissed Ahmadinejad as he disembarked from his
plane at Cairo airport, footage broadcast by Egyptian state television
showed, according to Reuters.
Such a visit would have been unthinkable during the rule of Hosni
Mubarak, the military-backed autocrat whose 30 years in power
safeguarded Egypt's peace treaty with Israel and resulted in deeper
ties between Cairo and the West.
February 5, 2013 - 14:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on
Tuesday, Feb 5, for the first trip by an Iranian head of state to
Egypt since the 1979 revolution, underlining the more open ties that
have developed since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state.
President Mohamed Mursi kissed Ahmadinejad as he disembarked from his
plane at Cairo airport, footage broadcast by Egyptian state television
showed, according to Reuters.
Such a visit would have been unthinkable during the rule of Hosni
Mubarak, the military-backed autocrat whose 30 years in power
safeguarded Egypt's peace treaty with Israel and resulted in deeper
ties between Cairo and the West.