Ahmadinejad to meet with top Sunni cleric in Cairo

05.02.2013                      25.Schwat. 5773

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Ahmadinejad to meet with top Sunni cleric in Cairo

Iranian president to be first Iranian head of state to visit Egypt since 1979 revolution; due to attend Islamic summit to improve ties.

The president of the Shi'ite Islamic Republic of Iran will court Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric at al-Azhar university on Tuesday in a historic trip pointing to Tehran's efforts to improve ties with an Arab state now run by an Islamist….