Ahmadinejad: Iran-Iraq relations 'benefit the whole region'

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Ahmadinejad: Iran-Iraq relations 'benefit the whole region'

Teheran - Developing Iran-Iraq relations would benefit not just the two countries but also the whole Gulf and Middle East, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday.

'Anybody opposing this expansion just sees its own interests jeopardised,' Ahmadinjead said in a joint press conference with visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.

Ahmadinejad denied any Iranian interference in Iraq's internal affairs and support for insurgents. All such accusations come from those countries 'which have deployed hundreds and thousands of forces in Iraq and impose their policies on the Iraqi people'.

'Peace and stability in Iraq is something that Iran considers as its own victory and therefore Teheran strongly supports the ongoing democratisation process in Iraq,' Ahmadinejad said.


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his visiting Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talebani (L) on Monday, 21 November 2005, during a joint press conference at the presidential office in Tehran. The two stressed that Iran and Iraq followed brotherly relations and that several contracts are to be signed during the state visit. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH