December 06, 2008

AFP, Cairo, 04 December 2008 (excerpts) – Egypt supports international efforts aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Wednesday.
“Egypt supports international efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons,” Abul Gheit said, backing an international diplomatic solution to Iran’s disputed programme.
His statement was read out by ministry official Wafa Bassim to a foreign relations council meeting in Cairo.
Uranium enrichment lies at the centre of fears about Iran’s nuclear ambitions because the process can be used to make the fissile core of an atom bomb.