BAGHDAD -- Iran and Iraq are two united neighbors and “no event can break the brotherly ties” between them, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Monday in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.
Over the past 50 years there have been many attempts for harming the brotherly relations between the two countries, but they were unsuccessful, Ahmadinejad stated.
“We should use our maximum potential for improving ties and helping one another,” he said.
The Iranian president started a landmark two-day visit to Iraq on Sunday.
In their meeting, Ahmadinejad and Zebari discussed demarcation of borders, the issue of Iranian pilgrims visting holy sites in Iraq, and the Iran-U.S. talks on security condition in Iraq.
Iraq and Iran want to strengthen their ties and "help one another". This is bad news for the United States, who is currently at war with Iraq. The U.S. and Iran have already experienced a period of increased conflict. Will the bond between Iraq and Iran cause a fresh outbreak of tension?
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