Foreign Minister meets his Iranian counterpart

 Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim met Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Jawad Zarif at the Iranian Foreign Ministry in Tehran.

A foreign ministry statement said: that Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim met with his counterpart Mohammed Jawad Zarif at the Iranian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Tehran. The meeting discussed strengthening the bilateral relations and the importance of upgrading the prospects of cooperation in all fields to meet the aspirations of the two friendly countries.

Al-Hakim expressed the aspiration of Baghdad to implement the agreements concluded by the two countries during the visit of President Rowhani to Baghdad and the need to move forward towards the establishment of mechanisms to activate these agreements.