Lebanese MP: Muslims Consider Iran-Egypt Co-op As Key To Regional Problems

Beirut, Jan 13, IRNA – Sunni member of the Lebanese parliament Kamil al-Rifaie said Muslims and Arab people always consider Tehran-Cairo cooperation as a key to the complicated regional problems. In an exclusive interview with IRNA, he referred to the sensitive and critical situation in the region and described Iran and Egypt as two big and important countries of the Islamic and Arab world. Commenting on the recent visit to Egypt of the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, he hailed Iran’s policy of reinforcing unity in Arab and Islamic world as well as in the region and also its attempts to expand cooperation among Islamic and Arab countries with the aim of meeting challenges and confronting threats by the US and the Zionist regime. He further urged leaders of Muslim and Arab states to help promote further proximity between Iran and Egypt. The Lebanese parliamentarian also pointed to Iran’s constant support for Islamic and Arabic issues and said Iran has, since the victory of its 1979 Islamic Revolution, paid due attention to the Palestinian issue and tried to reinforce stability and security in the entire region./end