{"id":22885,"date":"2013-01-23T16:24:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/23\/285150\/iran-president-to-visit-cairo-feb-67\/"},"modified":"2013-01-23T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:24:15","slug":"iran-president-to-visit-cairo-feb-6-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/iran-president-to-visit-cairo-feb-6-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran president to visit Cairo Feb 6-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">File photo shows Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C-R) and Egypt\u2019s President Mohamed Morsi shaking hands during their meeting in Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day state visit to Egypt early next month to attend the summit meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo on February 2-7.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadinejad is scheduled to travel to Cairo on February 6 at the invitation of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Director for International Affairs at the Presidential Office Mohammad-Reza Forqani said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He added that the Iranian president would take part in the summit in his capacity as the rotating chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which comprises nearly two-thirds of the member states of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nForqani said Ahmadinejad\u2019s participation in the Cairo summit would be of \u201cspecial significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OIC, which was established in 1969, is the second-largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations and has 57 member states spread over four continents.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit, Egypt will take over the OIC presidency for the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>Morsi extended his invitation to Ahmadinejad during a recent visit to Egypt of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.<\/p>\n<p>Iran severed ties with Egypt after Cairo signed the 1978 Camp David Accord with Israel and offered asylum to Iran&#8217;s deposed monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Egyptian revolution in February 2011 which led to the ouster of Egypt\u2019s former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, led to relative thaw in relations between Tehran and Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>KA\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>File photo shows Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C-R) and Egypt&rsquo;s President Mohamed Morsi shaking hands during their meeting in Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day state visit to Egypt early next month to attend the summit meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo on February 2-7.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadinejad is scheduled to travel to Cairo on February 6 at the invitation of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Director for International Affairs at the Presidential Office Mohammad-Reza Forqani said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He added that the Iranian president would take part in the summit in his capacity as the rotating chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which comprises nearly two-thirds of the member states of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nForqani said Ahmadinejad&rsquo;s participation in the Cairo summit would be of &ldquo;special significance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The OIC, which was established in 1969, is the second-largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations and has 57 member states spread over four continents.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit, Egypt will take over the OIC presidency for the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>Morsi extended his invitation to Ahmadinejad during a recent visit to Egypt of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.<\/p>\n<p>Iran severed ties with Egypt after Cairo signed the 1978 Camp David Accord with Israel and offered asylum to Iran&#8217;s deposed monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Egyptian revolution in February 2011 which led to the ouster of Egypt&rsquo;s former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, led to relative thaw in relations between Tehran and Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>KA\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" 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