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Iran, Egypt leaders hold first two-way meeting

Published August 30, 2012 Updated August 30, 2012 12:32pm

"They emphasised the need to solve the Syria crisis via diplomacy and to prevent foreign intervention," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told Iran's Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Alam.

"They also discussed the ways to boost the level of Tehran-Cairo relations," he said.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012