Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Cairo, state media reported, the first visit by an Iranian foreign minister in almost 12 years.
According to AFP, his last visit to Egypt was in January 2013 when Ali Akbar Salehi travelled to Cairo during an African tour.
Araghchi who is currently on a multi-country tour, arrived in the Egyptian capital after a visit to Jordan where he met and talked to his counterpart, Ayman Safadi.
The two discussed regional developments amid Israel’s “atrocity and aggression against Gaza and Lebanon”, according to the foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei.
Araghchi, while in Amman also met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II.