Diplomatic sources: Baghdad hosted dialogue and rapprochement sessions between Egypt and Iran

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[size=52]Diplomatic sources: Baghdad hosted dialogue and rapprochement sessions between Egypt and Iran[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]Iraqi and Arab officials revealed that Egypt and Iran have held talks since March in Baghdad to discuss the normalization of relations between the two countries, and sources confirm that the last round of dialogues was last week, at a time when the results are not clear until now.[/size]
[size=45]And a report by (The National) news website, translated by (Al-Mada), stated, “According to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations had not been announced, the talks also touched on the issue of easing tension in areas where Iran has extensive influence, such as Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, through Support for allied governments or armed groups.[/size]
[size=45]The officials added, according to the report, that "the two parties also discussed the possibility of holding a meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Iranian leader Ibrahim Raisi."[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that “the talks in Baghdad are part of continuous attempts to bring regional powers closer together, during which an agreement was reached between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore their diplomatic relations that were severed in 2016.”[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "Turkey and Egypt, which have been at loggerheads for decades, are also working to normalize relations between them."[/size]
[size=45]The report noted, "The eight-year war in Yemen, in which Iran supported the Houthis against the internationally recognized government backed by the Saudi-led coalition, has been largely de-escalated amid diplomatic moves to end the conflict." And he added, “As for Syria, in which Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah forces supported by Tehran enjoy great influence, it returned Sunday to the ranks of the Arab League, more than a decade after it was expelled from it due to its violent suppression of the anti-government protest movement in 2011.”[/size]
[size=45]The report quotes a diplomatic official in Baghdad as saying, "Two rounds of lower-level talks took place between Egyptian and Iranian officials in the capital, Baghdad, during the months of March and April of this year."[/size]
[size=45]The diplomatic official added, "Both sides welcomed Iraq's efforts to mediate. It is a first step to exchange views between them, and there is a desire to move forward, but there is no progress so far.”[/size]
[size=45]The report noted that “news about secret negotiations appeared two months after Iran declared that it wanted to improve its relations with Egypt.”[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, “Only days after Tehran and Riyadh announced their agreement to resume diplomatic relations, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said in March: Egypt is an important country in the region, and what the region needs is cooperation between Iran and Egypt, and we are keen to take new steps.” to improve our relations.”[/size]
[size=45]The report added, "Egypt's presidency and foreign ministry welcomed the Saudi-Iranian agreement, and stated that they hoped it would lead to an easing of regional tensions."[/size]
[size=45]And he goes on to say, “The resentment has overwhelmed the relations between Tehran and Egypt, since the removal of the Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, in Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, and the Shah had died in Egypt in 1980, where he was buried there with a number of other members of his family.”[/size]
[size=45]The report went on, that “relations deteriorated further after the Iranian government named a street in Tehran after the Egyptian officer, Khaled Islambouli, who led the assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade he was attending in Cairo in 1981, and repeated requests from Cairo To remove his name from the street has been met with refusal.”[/size]
[size=45]And the report added, “Relations were soon witnessing tension over what Cairo considered Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.”[/size]
[size=45]And he continued, “Al-Sisi’s government, and in a hidden reference to Iran, has always expressed Egypt’s desire to be of assistance to its Gulf allies if they faced any external threat.”[/size]
[size=45]And the report continues, “Egypt, in contrast to Saudi Arabia, which closed its embassy in Tehran in 2016, has maintained diplomatic representation in Iran since the Islamic Revolution at the level of the Interests Section in Tehran, while Iran has maintained its embassy in Cairo with full diplomatic representation.” .[/size]
[size=45]And the report went on, “Egyptian officials familiar with Cairo’s relations with Iran say that the two countries have maintained sporadic contact over the years.”[/size]
[size=45]About: (The National) news site[/size]
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