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Iran, Iraq vow stronger ties for regional security

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An air defense system on display at the Iran Defense and Space Achievements Exhibition in Tehran, Iran, February 2, 2025. /VCG
An air defense system on display at the Iran Defense and Space Achievements Exhibition in Tehran, Iran, February 2, 2025. /VCG

An air defense system on display at the Iran Defense and Space Achievements Exhibition in Tehran, Iran, February 2, 2025. /VCG

Iran and Iraq on Monday emphasized the necessity of expanding bilateral cooperation to ensure security and stability in the West Asia region, the ICANA news agency of the Iranian parliament reported.

At a joint press conference following their meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and his visiting Iraqi counterpart, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, underscored the importance of strengthening bilateral relations, the report said.

"We seek to increase our bilateral political and economic relations, which will contribute to ensuring peace and stability in the region and among the neighboring Arab, non-Arab and Muslim states," Qalibaf said.

Qalibaf stated that ties between the Iranian and Iraqi peoples, parliaments and governments were at their peak. He added that as two Muslim countries, Iran and Iraq were always ready to support the resistance front and uphold the dignity of the Muslim world.

For his part, the Iraqi parliament speaker said the most important issues discussed during his visit to Tehran included borders, economic relations and security cooperation, according to the Iraqi News Agency.

"We discussed the means to support the security stability of the region," he said, stressing that "Iraq will not abandon its Arab and Islamic principles, and it is open to everyone."

ICANA reported that Mashhadani assured Iran that Iraq would always stand by its neighbor and be the country's "wings," expressing hope that bilateral ties would further improve.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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