By NNN-IRNA,
Tehran : Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Iran’s policy is based on supporting Iraq’s independence and respecting Iraqi people’s right to decide their own fate.
“To solve Iraq problem, Iraqi people and national leaders should be trusted and their country’s sovereignty should be returned to them. Americans refusal to allow the Iraqi people to administer their own affairs might lead to a confrontation,” Larijani further told UN chief’s new special envoy for Iraq affairs Stephen de Mistura.
He said Iraq’s security and stability are highly important for the region. “Iraq’s security will have an stabilizing effect under present conditions in the region,” he added.
He said that occupiers’ presence in Iraq and Afghanistan has provided a pretext for terrorist groups to continue their activities.
“The refusal of US forces to leave Iraq is detrimental to the US and a cause of tension in the region,” he added.
The Iranian speaker said that since security and general conditions have improved in Iraq, it is time to remove Iraq from chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
Larijani said Iranian and Iraqi nations are strongly and historically linked with each other due to their religious commonality and geographical proximity.
He said Iran’s policy will continue to be in support of reconstruction of Iraqi economic and industrial centers and restoration of stability and calm to Iraq.
De Mistura, for his part, termed Iraq as a highly important neighbor of Iraq, saying that assistance of regional countries especially Iran have been highly influential in improvement of Iraq security and its economic conditions.
He said the UN welcomes contribution of regional states, especially Iran to promotion of security in Iraq.
The UN envoy then briefed Larijani on conditions in Kirkuk, law on oil and elections in Iraq.