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Iran’s Deputy FM Advocates for Strengthened Tehran-Baghdad Ties.


Tehran: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vahid Jalalzadeh, in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Omar Al-Barzanji, has called for the expansion of cooperation between the two neighboring and brotherly countries. Jalalzadeh, who traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday, met with several Iraqi officials, including Al-Barzanji, and stressed the need to follow up and conclude the already agreed matters between Iran and Iraq.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, during the visit, a memorandum of understanding was also signed, which was drawn up during the eighth joint consular commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq on various consular issues, aiming to resolve the problems of the citizens of the two countries. Jalalzadeh, while referring to the extensive people-to-people contact, said that the two sides have always had good interaction and communication at consular levels.