Iranian President: We Do Not Ask Permission From Any One To Support Iraq's Security And Progress

BAGHDAD / NINA / The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rohani said the stability and security of Iraq is the stability and security of Iran, adding that Tehran does not ask permission from any one to support Iraq's security and progress. Rohani said during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in New York, according to / IRNA / that: "We, in the sensitive region the Middle East, can achieve prosperity and progress if we are united and stand side by side." The Iranian president congratulated Iraqi Prime Minister to form a new Iraqi government and said: "The Iraqi government bears a heavy responsibility in this sensitive current whiles." The president Rohani described Iran and Iraq, the two brotherly and friendly countries and featuring very important and successful tradition culture and history, praising the steps taken by Iraq to fight the terrorist organizations, particularly the Islamic State. He stressed that "Iran will stand by the Iraqi people and support it as it was, and will provide any possible assistance requested by the Iraqi government whole-heartedly." For his part, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that "Iraq is considered its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran a very distinct, and the relations between the two countries as variety and well-known." Al-Abadi described terrorism that does not pose a danger to the existence of Iraq only, but also on the presence of Islam, and a threat to all nations, saying that Iran's position in the provision of advice and send aid to the Iraqi people have enabled Iraq to stand in front of progress of terrorists. / End