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		Ali Larijani, member of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council. (AP)

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Iranian envoy offers Egypt cooperation on nuclear program

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters

Tags: Egypt

Iran is willing to cooperate with Egypt on its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said in Cairo on Sunday

Ali Larijani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's representative to the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, spoke during a conference of the Egyptian Journalists Association. He said that were Egypt to ask for assistance, Iran would be willing to cooperate under the International Atomic Energy Agency's guidelines and supervision.

IRNA, Iran's official news agency, quoted Larijani as saying that "relations between Egypt and Iran surpass comradeship and shared interests," adding that the two countries "share a deep historical bond."

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Larijani is the most senior Iranian official to visit Egypt in many years. Relations between the two countries deteriorated following Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Sarkozy, in Egypt, offers French nuclear assistance to Cairo

France stands ready to help Egypt develop civilian nuclear technology, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told an Egyptian newspaper ahead of meetings in Egypt with President Hosni Mubarak.

"Egypt has considerable energy needs and it naturally envisages constructing nuclear reactors," Sarkozy told Egypt's Al-Ahram newspaper, according to a French language transcript provided by his office on Friday.

"France, which probably has the best expertise and the greatest experience in the matter, is ready to cooperate with Egypt, if it wants," he said.

Sarkozy, who has been holidaying in Egypt since Tuesday, is due to begin an official visit on Sunday.

In recent months, France has agreed nuclear cooperation deals with Morocco, Algeria and Libya and in July Sarkozy said the West should trust Arab states to develop such technology for peaceful purposes or risk a war of civilizations.

Egypt said in October that it would build several civilian nuclear power stations to meet its growing energy needs.

It ratified the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1981 but said earlier this month it would not sign on to an additional protocol that would allow the UN nuclear watchdog the right to make intrusive short-notice inspections of nuclear facilities.

It already has nuclear cooperation offers from China, Russia and Kazakhstan.

France generates almost 80 percent of its electricity from nuclear power.

State-controlled Areva is the world's biggest maker of nuclear reactors and its activities cover the full nuclear energy cycle from mining to waste.

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1.	French "Areva" is better than "Fiddler Clone"!	21:06	\|	Stephen.	30/12/07

2.	Better take it	21:13	\|	Adeel	30/12/07

3.	Iran wants to count its bombs/eggs before they hatch!	23:08	\|	Denton	30/12/07

4.	Egypt beter grab onto the french offer	23:15	\|	Lynn	30/12/07

5.	# 2 Adeel....the above mentioned countries	23:18	\|	Lynn	30/12/07

6.	Proof Sarkozy was right.	00:31	\|	Fortuna Benmayor	31/12/07

7.	Sarkozy`s cosy holiday in Egypt.	01:01	\|	Maureen Ann	31/12/07

8.	#3.Thanks for the advice,	03:14	\|	ManintheMiddle	31/12/07

9.	For Maureen Ann # 7	05:17	\|	Fortuna Benmayor	31/12/07

10.	#7 Where did Israel do its nuke testing.	07:20	\|	Israel_is_Done	31/12/07

11.	ManintheMiddle	10:58	\|	Albert Seligman	31/12/07

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