Iraq�s Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban on an official visit to Tehran met with his Iranian counterpart Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Saturday to discuss expansion of bilateral ties.
The two also attended a joint press conference and discussed various fields for cooperation.


In the meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced Iran�s readiness to send all-out aid to Iraq, including �counterterrorism� and �consultative aid�.


�The Islamic republic is also ready to exchange information and experiences with Iraq on policing issues, experts swap, combating goods and drugs trafficking, as well as countering organized crimes,� said Fazli.


Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban, for his part, expressed gratitude for the Islamic Republic�s financial and spiritual aid to restore stability and security to his country.


In the press conference last night, al-Ghabban maintained that while Iran was not part of the US-led coalition against ISIL, Iraq welcomed any international endeavor to assist the country against the terrorist attacks; �the ISIL threat is a real danger to the political system of Iraq and some parts of the country were on the verge of falling into the terrorists� control.�


While commending Iran for all its help against IISL, al-Ghabban stressed that the anti-Iranian sanctions �meant nothing� in the face of this.


According to Rahmani Fazli, in addition to counterterrorism aid, Iran would cooperate with Iraq on border patrolling and other security issues.


�We are also ready to boost mutual cooperation in the fields of economic and trade exchange at border areas,� said Fazli, noting al-Ghabban�s proposal to hold a joint conference between Iranian and Iraqi provinces for this reason.


By Mehr News Agency





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