Iran Welcomes New Gov’t in Iraq

Local Editor

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's new government on Wednesday, saying he hoped it would help turn the tide against the "ISIL".

"I hope that during your new mandate, complete calm will return to your country," Rouhani said on the Iranian government's website, after Abadi unveiled his new cabinet in Baghdad.

Iran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian echoed Rouhani's comments, saying Tehran supported Abadi's government.

"The time has come for countries in the region to help the Iraq government to fight the terrorists there," said Abdollahian, whose brief includes representing Iran's interests to Arab and African states.

Emphasizing the need to respect Iraq's independence, sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity, the Iranian official called on the regional countries to help Iraq uproot terrorism.

The Iraqi nation as well as the country's political and religious leaders proved that they will not allow the enemies of the region as well as Takfiri and Ba'athist terrorists to endanger regional security, he added.

Iraqi MPs approved a new cabinet late Monday but the interior and defense minister posts, considered crucial in the fight against "ISIL" militants, have not yet been agreed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team