Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said a meeting of the Iranian and Egyptian foreign ministers in New York could pave the way for a restoration of ties.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran does not see any obstacle in establishing relations with Egypt, and this issue has been announced to the Egyptian side as well,” Raisi told a Press conference yesterday at the end of his trip to New York for the United Nations leaders’ meeting, according to the website of the Iranian presidency.
“Today’s meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries can also be a chapter to start and revive relations between the two countries.”
Earlier, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian at the headquarters of Egypt’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Amirabdollahian said strengthening relations ‘will serve common interests’ while Shoukry underlined the importance of co-operating with all countries in the region in the face of ongoing instability.
“In order to strengthen relations with neighbouring, Muslim, and aligned countries, the Islamic Republic of Iran will extend its hand to any country that want to co-operate with us,” Raisi added.
Relations between Egypt and Iran have generally been fraught in recent decades although the two countries have maintained diplomatic contacts.
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