Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 9 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran and Egypt are ones of the biggest regional countries, and considering the happenings in the region and the Islamic world, co-operation between the two countries is necessary, Iranian deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi told Trend.
"Both countries believe in that. In fact, as we can see on the example of Syria, without joint co-operation of Iran, Egypt and also Turkey, the solution of this question is difficult," he said.
The official said that Iran is interested in increasing of co-operation with Egypt in all spheres, including political, economic and cultural ones.
"The regime of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak was a dictatorial one, and it ruled under the dictation of the United States. Because of that, there were problems between our countries. We hope that insensibly these issues will be solved, and our relations will develop," Araqchi underscored.
Speaking of the recent visit of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Egypt, Araqchi said that the purpose of the visit was participation in the OIC meeting in Cairo.
"We used this opportunity, and discussed the development of bilateral relations. The results of these talks, we will see in the future," Araqchi said.
The meeting of heads of State and Governments of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opened on February 6 in the capital of Egypt - Cairo.
At the 12th summit of the organization, 56 countries participated, with 26 of them being represented by national leaders.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who took part in the summit, was the first head of Iran to visit Egypt after the rupture of diplomatic relations over 30 years ago.
The warming of relations between Cairo and Tehran became possible only after the revolution in Egypt, which overthrew the regime of Hosni Mubarak.
In August of last year, during the visit of Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi to Tehran, it was decided to resume the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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