Iraq And Iran Discuss Opening Broader Cooperation Horizons In Energy, Water, And Economy Fields

Baghdad / NINA / - Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi and the parliamentary delegation accompanying him, discussed with Muhammad Mokhber, Vice President of the Republic, Iranian Prime Minister, a number of important and common files.

 Al-Mandalawi confirmed, according to a statement from his media office: “The House of Representatives is following with great care the activation of the implementation of bilateral agreements at the political, parliamentary, as well as economic and security levels, in addition to activating the work of the parliamentary and governmental committees that were formed in previous periods,” calling for strengthening Iraq’s water share, and the need to take a unified Arab and Islamic position on the Zionist genocide against Gaza.

 According to the statement, the parliamentary delegation discussed ways to develop relations between the two countries at various levels, and to continue exchanging technical and administrative visits to open “broader” cooperation horizons in the fields of energy, water, agriculture, education, and religious tourism.

 For his part, Mukhbar praised the level of rapprochement between the two neighboring countries, stressing that Iraq has a wise policy and has a great ability to achieve balance in the region, while he appreciated the efforts of Al-Mandalawi and the call he made as acting president of the Arab Parliamentary Union to hold an emergency session of the Arab parliaments regarding Palestine./End