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205137
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 15:29
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Senior Analyst: Baghdad Policies Parallel with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Middle-East analysts believe that Baghdad's ties with Tehran are stronger than ever as Iraq's policies on regional and international issues are parallel and even sometimes identical with those of Iran.
"The political authority in Iraq is moving in a direction parallel to the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iraj Masjedi said on Sunday.
He further described Iran as the most influential stream in Iraq's political issues, and stressed said that the potentials and capacities resulted from this great influence should be used to further develop the economic relations between Tehran and Baghdad.
Elsewhere, Masjedi reminded the Iranian first vice-president's July visit to Iraq at the head of a high-ranking economic delegation, and said the trip indicated the depth of the very intimate ties and interactions between the two neighboring countries.
Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, in 2003.
Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in expanding their ties.
Early in July, Iran and Iraq agreed to boost the value of their trade exchanges to $20bln in the near future.
"We agree to increase the value of mutual economic and trade exchange, which is expected to reach 10 billion dollars by the end of the current year, to 20 billion dollars in the near future," Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told reporters in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad at the time.
The two countries inked six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to expand cooperation in various sectors such as information technology, health and medication and culture.
"The political authority in Iraq is moving in a direction parallel to the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iraj Masjedi said on Sunday.
He further described Iran as the most influential stream in Iraq's political issues, and stressed said that the potentials and capacities resulted from this great influence should be used to further develop the economic relations between Tehran and Baghdad.
Elsewhere, Masjedi reminded the Iranian first vice-president's July visit to Iraq at the head of a high-ranking economic delegation, and said the trip indicated the depth of the very intimate ties and interactions between the two neighboring countries.
Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, in 2003.
Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in expanding their ties.
Early in July, Iran and Iraq agreed to boost the value of their trade exchanges to $20bln in the near future.
"We agree to increase the value of mutual economic and trade exchange, which is expected to reach 10 billion dollars by the end of the current year, to 20 billion dollars in the near future," Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told reporters in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad at the time.
The two countries inked six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to expand cooperation in various sectors such as information technology, health and medication and culture.
