Tehran, Sept 12 (AFP/APP):Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran’s recently-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday to discuss the neighbours’ economic relations, official sources said.
Kadhemi is the first foreign leader to visit the ultra-conservative Raisi, and brought along a “high level political and economic delegation,” Iran’s official IRNA news agency said.
Television showed the Iraqi premier welcomed by a guard of honour, before immediately beginning a meeting that IRNA said touched on “questions of mutual and international interest”.
The two leaders are expected to hold a news conference later Sunday, state broadcaster Iribnews reported.
As Iran’s neighbour to the west, Iraq has sought a mediating role between Tehran and Arab nations.
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