Iran-Algeria-Meet
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iranian and Algerian nations enjoy profound cultural relations.

In a meeting with Algerian Minister of Culture, Khalida Toumi, he said the two countries cultural cooperation has been established on a correct and stable route.

He reiterated that the two countries people share identical cultural and religious characteristics.

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.

The Algerian minister, for her part, expressed interest of her country's leaders in bolstering bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Referring to the existing cultural and religious commonalties 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.

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