Iraqi prime minister assures Iran on security in region
Talks will be held in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday
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Sunday, 08, Jun 2008 09:49
Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Iraq will not let its territory be used to attack neighbouring countries.
State-run Iranian news agency Irna also cites the Iraqi premier calling for increased cooperation between the two countries in trade and other fields during his meeting with the country's foreign minister Manoucher Mottaki.
Mr al-Maliki will also meet top religious cleric Ayatollah Khomeini during the trip which comes in the backdrop of Iraq-US talks on extending the involvement of US troops in the country beyond 2008.
Iran is against the presence of US troops in its neighbouring country and has been accused by the US of supporting terrorist groups within Iraq.
Iran has denied allegations that it is cooperating with insurgents inside Iraq and has said it hopes for peace in the war-torn country.
Iraq is seeking greater cooperation with the US, which has over 100,000 troops in the country, on maintaining security. The US has accused Iran of supporting terrorist movements in the region and of harbouring ambitions of holding a nuclear weapon.
Three rounds of United Nations sanctions have been passed against Iran urging it to halt the enrichment of uranium which could be used to develop a bomb.