Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the first Iranian president to visit Egypt since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Mr Ahmadinejad is in Cairo for a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, which begins on Wednesday.
After arriving on Tuesday, he discussed with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ways to end the bloodshed in Syria and strengthen relations, officials said.
Mr Ahmadinejad was later warned by Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric not to meddle in the affairs of Gulf states.
Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb of al-Azhar said Iran should not to seek the "extension of Shia reach" and should "respect Bahrain as a sisterly Arab state", according to a statement issued by al-Azhar's media office.
The Islamic republic has been accused by Bahrain's Sunni-led government of fomenting unrest among its majority Shia community.
The president was also told by the head of al-Azhar that Sunnis living in Iran should be guaranteed full rights.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe he'll get to ride in one of our new F-16's or tanks we just sent them?
ReplyDelete12:29 He went there to buy those F-16's and tanks supplied by Obama. Obama should be impeached for this action. And don't forget the billions in foreign aid that Obama continues to send them.
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