Iran, Egypt discuss bilateral ties, regional developments

Head of Egypt's Interests Section in Iran Yasser Ossman and Chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in a meeting in Tehran on Sunday discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.

During the meeting in the Iranian capital today, Ossman and Salehi exchanged views on international cooperation and diplomatic ties.

In late April 2015, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry vowed to do their best to persuade the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York to approve the Nuclear Free Middle-East Plan as a legally binding undertaking.

In a meeting on the sidelines of the New York meeting, the two sides underlined the importance of the plan for the reinvigoration of peace and stability in the region and underlined the need for both Tehran and Cairo to have closer cooperation in the ongoing NPT conference for adopting close and unified positions.

Zarif in a statement read at the 2015 NPT Review Conference called for a Middle East free from the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and urged the international community to exert pressure on the Zionist regime of Israel to dismantle its nuclear weapons and respect the NPT.

Zarif made the remarks on behalf of the member-states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in New York.

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