Hakim Meets Iranian Foreign Minister

BAGHDAD / NINA / Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran considers strengthening its relations with Iraq a priority. Mehr News Agency quoted Zarif as saying during a meeting in Tehran with the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim that Iran supports the Iraqi government in its war against Daash, which wants to destabilize the security in Iraq and divide it. During the meeting, Zarif pointed out to "the results of his visit to Lebanon, Syria and Russia, stressing that Iran put its priorities for the serious risks by extremism and violence by Daash. For his part, al-Hakim confirmed that, "The Iraqis passed large and impressive steps in fighting Daash as part of the religious authority guidelines," noting that "all the Iraqi people, Sunnis, Shiites and Christians are united in front of the challenge of Daash in one front, reviewing also the latest developments in Iraq . Concerning the nuclear deal between Iran and the West, he noted that "the result of the agreement reached between Iran and the West open a new page in front of developments indicating that many of the elites and peoples in the region believe that this result was due to the rational policy of the Iran's Supreme guide. / End