Iraq PM in talks on Syria during Iran trip

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Iran on Wednesday, state television reported, for two days of talks that will also focus on the conflict raging in Syria. It is Maliki’s first visit to Tehran since Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate who champions engagement with the West, became Iran’s president in August after defeating a pool of conservative candidates in a June election, according to Voice of Russia, AFP.

Maliki’s spokesman Ali Mussawi told AFP in Baghdad the premier’s talks would focus on energy cooperation and “the necessity of fighting terrorism”.

“The meeting touched on Syria and the two sides said the solution should be peaceful and a military option does not represent a solution,” Mussawi said of Maliki’s talks on Wednesday.

“Both sides said that there should be cooperation in order to reach a peaceful solution.”

Maliki said, according to Mussawi: “The whole world should unite in confronting terrorism.”

Iran and Iraq are important trading partners. Tehran signed a contract to export gas to Baghdad in July, in a deal worth $3.7 billion (2.7 billion euros) a year.

M.D

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