TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has attached special importance to the expansion of ties with Egypt and announced joint Tehran-Cairo efforts to reestablish embassies.

“Foreign ministers of the two countries are scheduled to hold talks on issues of mutual interests in the near future,” IRNA quoted Salehi as telling reporters on Iran-Egypt ties in the Omani capital city of Muscat on Wednesday.
“In a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi, we agreed to meet in the Indonesian resort island of Bali within the next month” on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convention in order to exchange views about ways to promote bilateral cooperation, he added.
The NAM foreign ministers are expected to hold a meeting in the island of Bali later in May.
The Iranian minister also touched upon Iran’s initiatives to resolve the ongoing crisis in Bahrain and said, “We are optimistic about efforts aimed at settling the crisis and hope such moves will draw a road map for the termination of the status quo.”
He emphasized that no excuse is left for the continued military presence of foreign forces in the crisis-hit Persian Gulf state.
(Source: Press TV)