TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian met with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein here Monday and discussed advancement of mutual ties and other issues of interest.
Before the visit, Ahmed al-Sahaf, spokesperson for Iraq’s foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Hussein “will discuss with his Iranian counterpart the bilateral relations between the two sides and ways to advance them for the benefit of the two neighboring countries”.
Additional topics in Hussein’s visit will include discussing “the situation at the regional level, the Iranian-Persian Gulf relations, and the developments of discussions in the Iranian nuclear file”, he added.
Hussein’s trip to Iran comes months after he visited the neighboring country in April.
Baghdad and Tehran share strong ties. In July, Amir-Abdollahian expressed his gratitude to Iraq for playing a key role in mediating regional ties amid an ongoing Iraqi-mediated effort to restore diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.