Iran, Iraq stress boosting security cooperation

Qasim al-Araji met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Tehran on Monday.

News ID: 5401

Date: 11 November 2024 - 12:27

TABNAK, Nov, 11 :Qasim al-Araji stepped in Iran at top of a security delegation.

During the meeting, Araqchi referred to the ‘desirable relations’ between Tehran and Baghdad in all fields, and said mutual cooperation between the two countries are quite important in the fields of security.

He further called bilateral ties between the two countries ‘strategic and privileged’.

“We consider the security of Iraq to be the security of Iran, and we hope that with the full implementation of the security agreement, stable security will be provided in the border areas of the two countries.”

For his part, al-Araji briefed Araghchi on the progress made so far in implementing Tehran and Baghdad security agreement, saying that his country is determined to fully implement the accord.

He said Iran and Iraq, as two brotherly neighbors, enjoy excellent bilateral relations in the region.

Al-Araji further said Iraq considers Iran’s security as its security, and any move against Iran will be met with action by the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Tehran and Baghdad signed their security pact in 2023. Part of the agreement calls for disarming separatist terrorist groups operating against Iran.

In September this year, when President Pezeshkian visited Iraq on his first foreign trip, he told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani that implementing the bilateral security pact is essential to combat terrorism and ill-wishers of the two countries.