Iranian foreign minister welcomes Iraqi counterpart, host high-ranking delegation in Tehran

The Iranian Foreign Minister hosted a high-ranking Iraqi delegation at the Foreign Ministry after officially welcoming the Iraqi Foreign Minister.

The Iranian Foreign Minister hosted a high-ranking Iraqi delegation at the Foreign Ministry after officially welcoming the Iraqi Foreign Minister.
During the meeting between Hossein Amir Abdollahian and Fuad Hussein, the latest status of bilateral ties, regional developments and some issues of mutual interest on the international level including Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine were discussed and the two sides exchanged viewpoints on them.
Amir Abdollahian described strengthening of trade ties with Iraq an important priority of the two countries and underlined such issues as facilitation of trade exchanges at border crossings, uninterrupted transportation and finalization of the Basra-Shalamcheh railway.
He also reiterated the need for easing travels by pilgrims of the two countries to places of pilgrimage and called for facilitation of the Iranian pilgrims’ travel to holy sites in Iraq via land borders.
Amir Abdollahian said Iran cannot accept facing threats by the United States, Israel as well as terrorist and separatist elements and seeing its security undermined through its own borders.
During the meeting, Fuad Hussein described the relations between Iran and Iraq as intertwined and called Iran a faithful neighbor. The Iraqi Foreign Minister said Iraq continues to play its constructive role in helping restore peace to the regional space and tries to strengthen the role of talks among regional countries.
During the talks, Fuad Hussein reiterated that the security of Iran and Iraq are interconnected and Iraq does not allow any threat against neighboring countries from its soil.
Some other issues discussed during the meeting where a briefing on the developments of the Vienna negotiations and the issues of Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen, as well as the expansion of ties between Iran and Persian Gulf countries.