Iraqi Ambassador to Iran on Monday called for expulsion of members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) group from this country. <\/p>\n
Abu Haidar al-Sheikh made the remark during his visit to the Islamic Republic News Agency Headquarters in Tehran. <\/p>\n
The visit of the Iraqi ambassador coincided with the National Day of Iraq. <\/p>\n
Al-Sheikh underlined the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, adding the program is intended for peaceful purposes such as generation of electricity. <\/p>\n
The Iraqi envoy expressed hope that mutual ties would further broaden in all arenas. <\/p>\n
He also voiced his respective government’s support for talks with the 5+1 (US, Russia, China, France, the UK + Germany) held recently in Geneva, Switzerland, stating that such negotiations would produce fruitful results for the region and world. <\/p>\n
Referring to establishment of an axis by Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey as proposed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, he noted that Iraqi government fully supports bilateral and multilateral cooperation in this respect. <\/p>\n
The Iraqi envoy further expressed hope that Iran and US could negotiate without the presence of third party in near future. <\/p>\n
He rejected Iran’s alleged interference in Iraq’s internal affairs.
Al-Sheikh said that Iran never supported terrorist groups in Iraq. <\/p>\n
He noted that Iran’s exports to Iraq is increasing year by year, anticipating that the value of Iran’s exports to that country would reach dlrs 4 billion by the end of current Iranian year (started March 21). <\/p>\n
The Iraqi envoy put the value of Iran’s exports to Iraq at dlrs 2.3 billion in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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