Iran's president receives his Iraqi counterpart
By Trend
Following the national anthem of the two countries were
performed, the presidents reviewed the guard of honor and then
introduced the high-ranking delegations to each other, irna.ir reports.
Bilateral talks between Hassan Rouhani and Barham Salih will begin
after the official reception ceremony.
Deepening bilateral, regional and international relations as well
as enhancing political, economic, commercial and cultural
cooperation are among the Iraqi president's goals to visit
Tehran.
On October second, Salih won the presidential election and was
elected as the third president of Iraq after the fall of deposed
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain.
This is Salih's fourth regional trip and the first trip to Iran
since he assumed office.
He had previously visited Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and
Jordan.
During presidential campaign, Salih specified his position
regarding US sanctions on Iran, saying, 'As an Iraqi presidential
candidate and an Iraqi citizen, I say Iranians welcomed us with
open arms during the jihad against Saddam. There is no doubt,
therefore, that we will sympathize with the Iranians and we do not
want them to get hurt.'
'Sanctions against Iran will have repercussions for Iraq as well.
So why not defending our neighbor?' Sahil added.
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