AS BAGHDAD FACES INTERNAL POLITICAL TENSIONS, AND DESPITE MOUNTING DEMANDS BY THE UNITED STATE ON IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS, IRAQ AND IRAN HAVE FORMALISED A NEW SECURITY AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE COOPERATION ALONG THEIR SHARED BORDER.
THE TWO COUNTRIES CAME TO AGREEMENT DURING THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL OF IRAN, ALI LARIJANI TO IRAN’S CAPITAL, BAGHDAD, TARGETED AT STRENGTHENING BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION AMID RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS.
A STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF IRAQI PRIME MINISTER, MOHAMMED AL-SUDANI, WHO OVERSAW THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT, UNDERSCORED IRAQ’S COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING STRONGER RELATIONS WITH IRAN, HIGHLIGHTING “MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS VARIOUS FIELDS.
