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Koizumi's envoy seeks Iran cooperation in Iraq`s reconstruction

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 12, Kyodo/OANA/IRNA -- Former Japanese foreign minister 
Masahiko Komura, who is visiting Iran as Prime Minister Junichiro 
Koizumi`s special envoy, on Tuesday sought Iran`s cooperation in the 
reconstruction of Iraq ahead of the planned transfer of power to the 
Iraqis in June, Japanese officials said. 
Komura made the request to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami 
during their talks in Tehran, and handed him Koizumi`s letter to 
that end, the officials said. 
Komura urged Iran, which has some influence over the Shiite 
Muslims in Iraq, to play a constructive role toward ensuring security 
in the war-devastated country, the officials said. 
The two agreed that the United Nations must play a key role in 
the Iraqi election which is to be held after the handover of power, 
according to the officials. 
Komura and Khatami, moreover, expressed their support for the 
proposal of Lakhdar Brahimi, UN special envoy to Iraq, on the 
establishment of an interim government for Iraq, they said. 
Brahimi recently called on the United Nations Security Council to 
aid Iraqis in establishing a new "caretaker government" that could 
be formed by the end of May. 
The US-led occupation is to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqis 
on June 30. 
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