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Speaking to FNA, former spokesman of Muslim Brotherhood Kamal al-Halbawi called on Iran and Egypt “to take the necessary steps” to get rid of such problems and hurdles placed by their opponents to impede resumption of their ties. He reminded the friendly and age-old relations between Iranian and Egyptian nations, and called for faster diplomatic activities between the two sides. “The Egyptian nation supports and welcomes Iran’s anti-Zionist stance because the two nations view formation of the Zionist regime on the Palestinian territories as a brutal act and against the interests of the regional nations and Muslims,” Halbawi noted. “Both nations underline the necessity for Muslim nations to maintain solidarity and unity to annihilate this cancerous tumor (Israel),” 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 Foreign Minister Nabil Al-Arabi to pay a visit to Tehran. The Iranian foreign minister and his former Egyptian counterpart also held a meeting in Bali, Indonesia in Spring. During the meeting which took place on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the two diplomats conferred on ways to promote the bilateral relations between Tehran and Cairo, and stressed the need for continued consultations in this regard. Al-Arabi had earlier announced that Cairo would soon open a new page with Iran. Al-Arabi who was replaced with Mohamed El-Orabi became the next Arab League Secretary to replace Amr Mussa. |
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Politician: US, Israel, S. Arabia Trying to Block Resumption of Iran-Egypt Ties
