Mubarak declines Tehran invitation

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Mubarak declines Tehran invitation

Iran’s foreign minister has revealed that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak declined an invitation to attend an economic summit in Tehran later this month, a visit that was supposed to have heralded a resumption of diplomatic ties between Iran and Egypt.

Kamal Kharazi also asserted that the two sides needed more time before full diplomatic ties could be restored, in comments that backtracked on earlier Iranian assertions that the old rivals were on the brink of making up.

“Mr. Hosni Mubarak is not going to participate himself, but a high-ranking delegation is going to be sent,” Kharazi told reporters on Sunday.

“Iran-Egyptian relations are in the reconstruction phase and need time,” he added. “There should be a natural and definite course for relations to be resumed in the near future.”

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Mubarak declines Tehran invitation