By IINA,
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that Iran and Algeria enjoy profound cultural relations. In a meeting with the visiting Algerian Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi, he said cultural cooperation between the two countries has been established on a correct and stable route. “People of the two countries share identical cultural and religious characteristics,” IRNA quoted him as saying. There is no restriction for further expansion of cultural ties between the two countries, he said voicing Tehran’s willingness to boost all-out ties with its brotherly country, Algeria.
On her part, Khalida Toumi expressed keenness of her country’s leaders in bolstering bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Referring to the existing cultural and religious relations between the two nations, she said Algiers attaches special importance to its ties with Tehran. Ms Toumi, who has come to Iran to attend the Algerian Cultural Week, added that holding cultural week would help further promote bilateral ties between the two nations.
Referring to her visits to the two ancient Iranian cities of Isfahan and Shiraz, she said during the trip she became familiar with the country’s achievements in different fields.