Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein says his country is committed to a security pact with Iran to disarm anti-Iran terrorist groups based in the Kurdistan regime.
He made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Wednesday.
Hussein arrived in the Iranian capital on Wednesday morning at the head of a delegation.
During a meeting earlier in the day, the two foreign ministers discussed bilateral issues as well as ways to expand cooperation in various fields. They also exchanged views on regional developments and the need to implement the security agreement between the two sides.
The visit comes two days after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said the ultimatum given to Iraq to disarm anti-Iran separatist groups based in the Kurdistan regime will not be extended.
“Iran’s stance is completely clear. According to the agreement reached with the Iraqi government, the final deadline for the disarmament of the terrorist and separatist forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan region ends on September 19 and that deadline will not be extended in any way,” Kan’ani said in a weekly press briefing in Tehran on Monday.
He noted that the Iraqi government has taken measures in this regard and has stressed that it will honor its commitments.
Also on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that the presence of terrorists in the Iraqi Kurdistan region runs counter to the friendly ties between the two nations and contravenes the Constitution of Iraq.
[This item is being updated.]
