<p>Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI, thanking him for condemning the move by a Florida pastor and stressed the necessity of close cooperation between religions, Xinhua reported citing the ISNA news agency.<br /><br />"I offer my thanks to your Excellency for your condemnation of an unwise move by a Florida church in the US to desecrate the holy Quran which saddened millions of Muslims across the world," Ahmadinejad said in the letter.<br /><br />The letter was delivered to the Pope by Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini.<br />Terry Jones, a pastor at the Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center, planned to mark the 9/11 anniversary by burning copies of the Quran in his church, but he later cancelled the plan in the face of condemnation and protests around the world.</p>
<p>Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI, thanking him for condemning the move by a Florida pastor and stressed the necessity of close cooperation between religions, Xinhua reported citing the ISNA news agency.<br /><br />"I offer my thanks to your Excellency for your condemnation of an unwise move by a Florida church in the US to desecrate the holy Quran which saddened millions of Muslims across the world," Ahmadinejad said in the letter.<br /><br />The letter was delivered to the Pope by Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini.<br />Terry Jones, a pastor at the Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center, planned to mark the 9/11 anniversary by burning copies of the Quran in his church, but he later cancelled the plan in the face of condemnation and protests around the world.</p>