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Wednesday 4 October 2017 - 09:48
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Secessionist efforts in Iraq detrimental to Middle East: Iran defense minister



Press TV - In the wake of the secessionist bids of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic is opposed to disintegration of Iraq and any change in the countrys geographical borders.

We regard the secessionist move in Iraq as detrimental to security of the region, Hatami said on Tuesday.

He added that the Islamic Republic would spare no efforts to maintain the territorial integrity and stability of regional countries and vowed to boost broad cooperation with Iraq to counter the ongoing destructive moves in the country with reference to the recent controversial independence referendum in Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

He emphasized that the divisive plotsin the region are hatchedby those who organized and supported Takfiri terrorists.
The Iranian defense minister said those behindIraqs partitionmust know that they are certainly playing in the hands of the US and the Israeli regime because regional countries need peace, security and stability and any move contrary to regional peoples demands is doomed to failure.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a non-binding referendum on September 25 on secession from the central government in Baghdad in defiance of Iraqs stiff opposition.

Major regional and international parties have also voiced serious concern over the secessionist move, saying it would compound the problems of the country, which is already busy with counter-terrorism operations against Daesh terrorist group.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Monday stressed the need to bolster central governments in Syria and Iraq, saying that any change in geographical borders would cause insecurity and instability to spread across the region.

Stressing the necessity of strengthening the central governments in Syria and Iraq in order to maintain the two countries territorial integrity, facilitate the war on terror and prevent alterations in geographical borders, Rouhani said, Any change in geographical borders will cause insecurity and instability to spread throughout the region.



Hatami also emphasized that the Islamic Republics strategy is based on improving peace, stability and security for all regional countries and said this objective is in complete contradiction to those pursued by enemies and the global arrogance.

He noted that Irans stance is to cooperate with all regional countries and invited them to boost cooperation with the purpose of establishing peace and stability.

In a meeting with Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar in Tehran on Monday, Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said the recent secession plebiscite held in Kurdistan region would help boost Takfiri terrorism across region while jeopardizing the interests of both the Iraqi and Kurdish people.



Holding the referendum in Iraqs Kurdistan will help the Western-Zionist-Arab front supporting Takfiri terrorism achieve its objectives and is definitely in contradiction to the interests of the Iraqi people, particularly the Kurds, Shamkhani said.

Iran slams divisive efforts in region: Larijani

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani also on Tuesday expressed the countrys opposition to any move which would create chaos and lead to disintegration of regional states.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (R) and Denis O'Donovan, the chairperson of Irish Seanad Eireann, meet in Tehran on October 3, 2017. (Photo by ICANA)[/caption]
In a meeting with Denis O'Donovan, the chairperson of Irish Seanad Eireann (Senate), the top Iranian parliamentarian said the sensitivity of Tehran and Dublin onthe terrorism crisis in the region can clearly be observed.

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