President: Lifting The Sanctions On Iran Will Reflect Positively On All the Peoples Of The Region

BAGHDAD / NINA / President Fuad Masum welcomed the resolution of the lifting the international sanctions imposed on Iran, saying, "The implementation of this resolution will reflect positively on all the peoples of the region." A presidential statement cited today that "Masum expressed confidence that the lifting of sanctions on Iran under the Geneva agreement on Iran's nuclear program signed last July between Iran and the group {5 +1}, would have a positive impact on Iran's relations with Iraq and all countries in the region and will contribute to protect stability and promote friendship and regional cooperation, especially in trade, cultural and energy fields, stressing that Iraq rejects the spread of nuclear weapons in the region and the world, believes in the need not to ban the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. " Masum, according to the statement, expressed hope in the continuation of negotiate ways to resolve other regional and international problems to serve the peoples of the region and the world and avoid human from nuclear threats, armed conflict and eliminate terrorism permanently. / End