Iran vows to stand by Iraq in anti-terror fight

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Iraq is on the front line of the fight against terrorism and Iran stands by the Iraqi nation and government in anti-terror campaign, official IRNA news agency reported.

"We are confident that the Iraqi government and nation have been successful so far in the fight against extremism and terrorism," Zarif was quoted as saying.

Zarif, who was meeting with the visiting Iraqi parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri, praised what he called political stability in Iraq.

He expressed the hope that Iraq's struggle against the issues of terrorism and extremism could create unity among all Iraqi ethnic groups, tribes and followers of different religions in the country.

For his part, al-Jabouri thanked Iran for the support for the Iraqi government and nation in the fight against terrorism and called Iran an influential and important state in the region.

The Iraqi speaker said that terrorism is the most important and immediate threat to the entire region and, thanks to the national unity, the Iraqi government has achieved significant victories in the fight against terrorism.

Source : XINHUA