Iran23 September, 20262 min read
Masoud Mediciyan Meets Ali Fahad Al-Zeydi In New York To Expand Tehran-Baghdad Ties
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Iran-Iraq leaders met in NYC to review bilateral ties and regional developments. Emphasized accelerating implementation of understandings and joint agreements between Tehran and Baghdad.
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Tehran and Baghdad in New York
Masoud Mediciyan met Ali Fahad Al-Zeydi in New York to discuss expanding bilateral relations and regional developments, with both sides stressing the development and deepening of ties between Tehran and Baghdad. The two leaders spoke on the sidelines of United Nations meetings in New York City, USA, and they reviewed the implementation process of agreements and memoranda of understanding signed between the two countries.
Masoud Pezeshkian and Ali Al-Zaydi met on the sidelines of the eighty-first United Nations General Assembly to review bilateral relations and the progress of joint agreements and projects. The two sides emphasized the need to accelerate the operationalization of Tehran–Baghdad understandings, while reviewing the latest state of bilateral relations and the progress of implementing joint agreements and projects.
Agreements, sectors, and obstacles
The leaders emphasized shared capacities in economic, commercial, energy, transport, and infrastructure sectors, and they underscored that foreign intervention in the region increases insecurity. The two sides emphasized the need to accelerate the implementation of understandings reached between Tehran and Baghdad and to remove existing obstacles.
The two sides stressed the necessity of expediting joint agreements and projects and fully leveraging opportunities in economic, trade, energy, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. The leaders reviewed the implementation process of agreements and memoranda of understanding signed between the two countries, while discussing expanding bilateral ties and regional developments.
Regional security and foreign forces
The two sides exchanged views on the latest regional developments and examined the consequences of recent military aggressions by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran and their impact on regional stability and security. The meeting framed the presence of foreign military forces and external interventions as factors that complicate security conditions and increase insecurity in the region.
Both parties stressed the necessity of strengthening regional cooperation and leveraging the capacities of regional countries to manage crises, reduce tensions, and establish indigenous security provisioning mechanisms. The President of Iran and the Prime Minister of Iraq emphasized the continuation of Tehran-Baghdad political and diplomatic consultations and close coordination between the two countries regarding regional and international developments.