IRNA � Iran�s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi appreciated Iraqi former president Foud Masoum�s four-year efforts to strengthen bilateral relations.


Masjedi attended Masoum�s residence late Tuesday to thank his incessant endeavors in line with enhancing Iran-Iraq relations.

Masjedi also described Masoum�s stances vis-�-vis regional developments and ties with Iran during his presidential tenure as valuable and effective.

He also reiterated Iran�s resolve for promoting relations, especially in the field of reconstruction and strengthening its infrastructures and boosting collaboration between the two countries� private sectors.

Iraq's parliament elected the veteran Kurdish politician Barham Salih as the country's new president last week, a step toward forming a new government nearly five months after national elections.

Salih has named independent Shia candidate Adel Abdul Mahdi as prime minister-designate, after an inconclusive national election in May.