Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit met Tuesday with the former secretary of Iran's National Security Council, Ali Larijani, and described their talks as "constructive and positive," DPA reported. "The visions are similar, and we've talked about common interests," said Abul-Gheit in a press conference that followed his meeting with Larijani, who is paying an unofficial visit to Cairo. Regarding the reopening of Tehran's embassy in Cairo, Abul-Gheit said that diplomatic talks should be thorough. "I believe that the media is more in a hurry regarding this matter than the politicians and diplomats themselves," he said. Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Iranian national television Tehran would be ready to reopen its embassy in Cairo. "If Egypt declared its readiness, we would even today be ready to reopen our embassy in Cairo," Ahmadinejad said, adding, he would "put the new Iranian ambassador on the next plane to Cairo," if Egypt declared its readiness to resume full diplomatic ties.
