Egypt’s Coptic Church on Wednesday rejected the Roman Catholic Church’s claim to be “the one true Church of Christ,” saying such provocative declarations unnecessarily stirred up tensions.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Friday voiced his country’s support for Iran’s right to use nuclear energy.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Hanoi Seyed Javad Ghavam Shahidi stressed the need for the expansion of economic and trade relations between the two countries.