DAR AL ISLAM - IRAQ: IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM IRAQ, IRAN IS HELPING IRAQ ESTABLISH SECURITY WITHIN ITS BORDERS

Iran helping to establish security in Iraq as per request: minister

Minister of Information Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said here Monday that Iraqi officials had requested help from Iran to estalish stability and security in their country and was positively responding to such request.

Mohseni Ejei was speaking at a meeting with the visiting Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi, who is currently in Tehran heading a high-ranking political delegation.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is especially concerned with the peace and security situation in Iraq," he said.

He rejected a link between Al-Hashimi's current Iran visit and the security meeting held in Baghdad on Saturday, saying "Iraqi officials hold regular meetings with Iranian officials." "Al-Hashimi's visit had been scheduled even before the security meeting in Baghdad," he added.


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