Moussa: Positive development in Egyptian - Iranian relations

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said that Egyptian - Iranian relations are viewing positive development in comparison with the last 20 years.

Moussa said yesterday in press statements after his return from Washington that Cairo and Tehran are currently conducting diplomatic discussions for better relations and for moving beyond the period where doubt of the intentions of the other side prevailed.

Iranian - Egyptian relations were strained after late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat granted the Shah of Iran the right to asylum in Egypt after the Islamic revolution in Tehran in 1979 and Cairo's accusation that Tehran of supporting violent Islamic groups, especially after the failed attempt to assassinate President Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995.