Iran will continue advisory assistance to Syria, Iraq: Shamkhani

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani in a meeting with Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayyad in Tehran on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic will continue providing advisory assistance to Syria and Iraq to fully eliminate the threat of terrorist groups in the Middle East.

According to Press TV, he said: "The Islamic Republic of Iran will proceed with its expanded advisory cooperation with and assistance to the Iraqi and Syrian governments until complete elimination of the threat of terrorist seditious acts in the region."

Shamkhani further pointed to enemy plots to divide and weaken Muslim countries, adding that supporting extremist ideology and Takfiri terrorism, plotting and implementing coups and fueling internal differences in Muslim states are among the main plans of the arrogant system to undermine the Muslim world.

He expressed regret that certain regional countries are moving in the opposite direction to the global current of cooperation with Iran after its nuclear agreement with six world powers last year, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and merely seek to fan the flames of sectarian and religious differences.

The SNSC secretary also pointed to recent achievements of the Iraqi government and popular forces in the campaign against terrorist groups and said a united Iraq would soon regain its real political, economic and security position at regional and international levels.

“The continuous successes of the Iraqi army and popular forces in the fight against Takfiri terrorism and a considerable improvement of the security situation in the country have prepared the ground for a leap in trade and economic relations between Tehran and Baghdad as two strategic partners,” Shamkhani added.

The Iraqi senior official, for his part, said Baghdad would strongly confront any effort aimed to spread insecurity or divide the country, and praised Iran’s support for Iraq’s fight against Daesh terrorists.

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