Iraqi PM determined to expand ties with Iran

[icymist]

Iraqi PM determined to expand ties with Iran

Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said upon his arrival in Tehran on Saturday afternoon that his country is determined to expand economic and political ties with Iran.

“Developing relations with Iran and neighbors is an inseparable part of the Iraqi foreign policy,” Jaafari told reporters at a joint press conference with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref.

“Relations with Iran are older and based on mutual interests. In meetings with senior Iranian officials, economic, political, security, and border issues will be discussed,” he added.

The Iraqi prime minister noted that the region is facing common threats.

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Maybe somebody can help me understand why this news is dated tomorrow, Sunday, July 17, 2005, but is listed under archives!? Maybe it's just me....

[Kagemusha]

1. Time difference, I would think

It would already be Sunday there I imagine.

[lovuian]

2. Iran and Iraq close to security pact

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=78bcdaee439e32f9&cat=c08dd24cec417021

Iran and Iraq close to security pact

NASSER KARIMI
IN TEHRAN


IRAQI Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari arrived in Iran yesterday for the first visit by an Iraqi premier to the Shiite Muslim-dominated state since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Al-Jaafari, heading a high-level delegation including more than 10 cabinet ministers, is expected to sign a security agreement while he is in Iran, a country he spent more than a decade in while fighting Saddam's forces.


Since Saddam's fall, Iraq has tried to build closer ties with Iran and heal scars left by the 1980-88 war that killed more than one million on both sides.

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Isn't these sweet they are going to sign a security pact!!!

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Of course

its chimp double secret plan. Iran could not win again Saddam so they told chimp to get rid of him and hand Iraq to them on a silver platter.
MISSION ACCOMPLISH.

What a dumb fucking move. Damn moron.

[mom cat]

4. Iraq is looking for allies that it can trust more than the US!

[bemildred]

5. So, soon we will have Iranian troops in Iraq fighting Iraqis to defend

the stooge government that we installed. You can't make this
stuff up, nobody would believe it.