Khatami: Iran is for stability, security in Iraq

IRNA
Tehran, Oct 14, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami said here on 
Tuesday that Iran calls for stability and security in Iraq. 
Khatami told the visiting Leader of the Patriotic Union of 
Kurdistan (PUK) Jalal Talabani that instability in Iraq is detrimental
for different ethnic and religious groups in Iraq, including Shiites 
and Sunnis, as well as for the entire region and one of the root 
causes of instability in Iraq is presence of the occupying forces in 
the country. 
He expressed hope that Governing Council in Iraq would be a 
prelude to establishment of a broad-based government, comprising 
different groups and tribes. 
He said all ethnic groups should be permitted a fair share in 
future Iraqi government. 
He added that one should think free from any ethnicity on an Iraq,
wherein all peacefully and cordially co-exist. 
The president stressed the need for reconstruction and progress in
Iraq and said Iran is ready to contribute to the goal. 
He called the car bomb assassination of the late Ayatollah Seyed 
Mohammad-Baqer Hakim, the ex-Chief of the Supreme Assembly of Islamic 
Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI), as a great loss for the independent, and 
progressive Iraq and the Islamic ideology consistent with ration and 
progress. 
Talabani said for his part, "We want an independent Iraq, wherein 
Shiites, Kurds and other ethnic groups do not face any danger." 
Thanking Iran for its readiness to contribute to stability and 
calm in Iraq, Talabani called for an increase in Iran-Iraq commercial 
transactions. 
He provided the president on the first hand account of the process
for establishment of a governing council in Iraq and the role of 
ethnic groups and religions in the united and independent Iraq`s 
government structure. 
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Khatami: Iran is for stability, security in Iraq
