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Wednesday, 11 August 2021 (YJC)_ Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has stressed the importance of solving issues in the region through dialog, saying neighborly cooperation free from foreign interference is a prerequisite for regional stability and security.
“Cooperation and synergy among regional countries without foreign interference are prerequisites for regional stability and security, the establishment of peace in countries of the region, and welfare of its nations,” Raeisi said in a Tuesday meeting with visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran.
Iran believes that dialog among regional countries aimed at finding solutions to the existing problems and improving relations would promote security and stability, while foreign meddling in the region’s affairs would increase tensions, he added.
He said that the Islamic Republic has always attached importance to the settlement of problems in Iraq, and that Tehran regards Baghdad’s development and advancement as its own.
The Iranian president thanked Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi for inviting him to take part in a conference of Iraq’s neighboring countries due to be held later this month.
The Iraqi foreign minister, for his part, said the upcoming conference would support the political process and economic development in his country.
Hussein said the meeting would also be a step towards collective cooperation among regional countries in establishing lasting security in the region.
He added that durable security in the region would not be achieved without the presence of Iran and Iraq, and that the Baghdad conference would prepare the ground for promoting regional dialog in order to reach a collective understanding.
In a separate meeting, Iraq’s top diplomat sat down for talks with Iran’s security chief on issues of bilateral and regional significance.
During the talks, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said the recent “suspicious” activities of the US, Israel and the UK in the Middle East work to destabilize the volatile region, warning that the Islamic Republic is fully aware of the motives behind such moves and stands ready to foil any conspiracy.
Shamkhani said the US’s “evil” presence in the region and its “overt and covert” meddling in the affairs of its countries fuel the tensions there.
“The suspicious behavior that the United States, Britain and the Zionist regime (Israel) have recently begun to display in the region have laid the ground for insecurity and misunderstanding among the Persian Gulf littoral countries,” Shamkhani added.
He said Iran has full intelligence regarding the covert objectives of such measures and is completely ready to neutralize plots aimed at destabilizing the region.
Tensions simmer in the region in the wake of the July 29 suspected drone attack on the Israeli-managed tanker — Mercer Street — off the Omani coast, where two crew members were killed.
The Tel Aviv regime and its Western allies alleged that Iran had been behind the attack without presenting any evidence to substantiate their claims.
Tehran denied any involvement in the incident and categorically dismissed the baseless accusations.
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