Ahmadinejad: Iran-Egypt Unity Ends Zionist, Enemies' Hegemony over Region
News number: 9103082402 17:09 | 2012-06-16
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined Tehran's
preparedness to assist Egyptians in their move towards progress, and
stressed that close ties and unity of Iran and Egypt can easily end the
Zionists and enemies' domination over the region.

"If Iran and Egypt stand beside each other, there won't be any more need for
war to root out enemies and Zionists' domination," President Ahmadinejad
said at a meeting with a group of families of Egyptian martyrs here in
Tehran on Saturday.

"Only, the news of unity between Iran and Egypt will make timorous and
coward Zionists prefer to escape rather than to stay in the region,"
Ahmadinejad noted.

He voiced Iran's support for Egypt's progress, and noted, "The Iranian
nation is ready to put on the table whatever it has for the sake of Egypt's
progress since it considers Egypt's progress as its own progress and
progress of all free and independent nations …"

In relevant remarks, Supreme Leader's Advisor for International Affairs Ali
Akbar Velayati stressed Iran's willingness to establish friendly ties with
Egypt once the country's new president ascends to power.

"Iran is fully prepared to establish maximum friendship and have utmost
intimacy with the new Egyptian government," Velayati said earlier this
month.

"We are optimistic about the future of the two countries given the
developments in Egypt," Velayati stated.

Velayati further said that Tehran and Cairo's differences are not
fundamental, and stressed that resumption of ties between the two nations
should take place as a result of their own resolve and should not depend on
any third party.

Ever since the collapse of Hosni Mubarak's regime, the Iranian and Egyptian
officials have repeatedly voiced their interest in the resumption of
diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two capitals are
apparently just waiting for the new Egyptian president and government to
hold power in the Muslim African nation to start official rapprochement.