Parliament Speaker Urges Iran to Take Part in Iraq's Reconstruction

Al-Jabouri made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi in the Iraqi capital on Sunday.

"Political ties between the two countries have paved the way for boosting of economic ties over the past five years and average trade exchanges between the two nations are increasing everyday," al-Jabouri said.

The Iraqi parliament speaker expressed the hope for further promotion of cooperation with Iran in the scientific and technological fields and Iran’s involvement in his country’s reconstruction.

"Iraq’s friendly countries, including Iran, which played a crucial role in fighting terrorism are welcome and appreciable in the eyes of the Iraqi nation," he said, adding that given numerous commonalities between the two nations, bilateral ties are expected to further improve in all fields.

In relevant remarks on Friday, Head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim lauded Iran's support for his country in the security fields, specially in the fight against the ISIL terrorist group.

"Iran is the most reliable supporter of Iraq in political and security fields," al-Hakim said.

He stated that over the past 14 years, Iran has always been the most important, the most powerful and the most serious supporter of Iraq in the political and security areas and the fight against ISIL.

Al-Hakim pointed to the relations between Iran and Iraq, and described Iran-Iraq relations as "special".

In relevant remarks in late May, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari underlined that the Baghdad government will not pay any attention to US President Donald Trump's policies adopted against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

"Baghdad will not get involved in the anti-Tehran policies adopted by Washington," al-Jaafari told reporters.

The Iraqi foreign minister made the remarks when asked about Trump’s idea to form a new anti-Iran front and whether Iraq will ever participate in it.

Al-Jaafari reiterated that Iraq will not enter any country’s policies against another one.

The Iraqi foreign minister underlined that many commonalities, including geography, history, social affairs and common interests have linked Iraq and Iran.