(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In an interview published on Monday, Mursi said that better relations with Tehran “will create a balance of pressure in the region, and this is part of my program.”
Diplomatic relations between the two countries have improved after being severed more than 30 years, thanks to the popular uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak last year.
Asked to comment on reports that, if elected, his first state visit would be to Saudi Arabia, Mursi said: "I didn't say such thing and until now my first international visits following my victory in the elections have not been determined".
Fars reporter in Cairo made the exclusive interview with Mursi minutes before his victory in the presidential elections was announced.
Mursi said he wants to "reconsider" the peace deal with the Zionist entity. “We will reconsider the Camp David Accord but through state institutions and the government,” Mursi said.
The Iranian foreign ministry congratulated in a statement issued on Sunday the Egyptian people and government on the election of Mursi.
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