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IRNA reported that Fuad Hussein will meet with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and President Hassan Rohani
Iraq’s foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday to hold bilateral talks with senior Iranian officials, to the official news agency.
IRNA reported that Fuad Hussein planned to meet with iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and President Hassan Rohani on their first stopover in the Iranian capital.
Mr. Zarif visited Baghdad in mid-July and met with Mr. Zarif, Hussein and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi.
It is Zarif’s first stopover in Iraq since a U. S. airstrike in January killed a senior Iranian general, Division General Qassem Suleimani, outside Baghdad International Airport. have just destabilized the Middle East.
After Zarif’s trip, the Iraqi Prime Minister visited Iran in July.
The report did not specify the main reasons why the most sensible Iraqi diplomat spent two days in Tehran, but that comes days after Washington extended a sanctions exemption for Baghdad to continue buying fuel from Iran. However, U. S. officials said they expected Baghdad to progress. over the next 60 days to reduce dependence and Iraq’s electricity minister has since said work is underway.
Iran sees neighboring Iraq as a imaginable way to circumvent U. S. sanctions that President Donald Trump imposed again in 2018 after fleeing the U. S. nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
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Last year, Iranian exports to Iraq amounted to nearly $9 billion (33 billion dirhams), official news firm IRNA reported Tuesday, who said the two countries would talk about expanding the amount to $20 billion.
Before the existing global pandemic, millions of Iranian pilgrims visiting Iraqi Shiite holy sites were a primary source of income.
Iran has experienced the worst epidemic in the region, with more than 443,000 thousand shown and at least 25,300 deaths.
The Associated Press cited local media reports that Iran canceled all flights to Iraqi cities to the Arbaeen festival, due to considerations about the coronavirus outbreak.