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Ahmadinejad to attend Gulf summit

December 01, 2007 00:00:00


RIYADH, Nov 30 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend next week's summit of Gulf Arab leaders, the first time that Tehran has been invited to the meeting, a senior Gulf official said Friday.
The official, who declined to be named, told the news agency that Ahmadinejad would attend the opening ceremony of the summit Monday.
"Qatar, which is hosting the summit, invited a number of countries and regional and international organisations to attend to the opening of the event, including Turkey and Iran," the official said, without giving further details.

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