Tehran (ANTARA News/AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday denied allegations that Tehran was operating a spy ring in Kuwait as the Gulf Arab state had claimed.

"It is clear that (this allegation) has no meaning. What is this spying in Kuwait all about? What does Kuwait have that we spy on it?" Ahmadinejad asked at a Tehran press conference.

"If it is (about) its people, well its people are our friends and we are the friend of its people. If it is (about) its government, then we are friends with its government and it is our friend," he said.

On Thursday, Kuwait announced it is to expel a number of Iranian diplomats for alleged links to a spy ring working for Tehran, reportedly ever since the US invasion of Iraq. (*)

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