Yesterday afternoon (March 19) during a ceremony in Baghdad, the agreement on joint security cooperation between Iran and Iraq was signed by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Qasim al-Aarji, the national security advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): According to the official statement of the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, "Mohammed Shia al-Sudani" in the meeting with "Ali Shamkhani", the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran in Baghdad, bilateral relations and security and political developments in the region and ways to strengthen stability.
 
In this meeting, al-Sudani emphasized Iraq's firm position against any invasion of its neighbors' territory from Iraqi territory and said that Iraq firmly opposes the presence of armed groups in its territory or any invasion of the country's sovereignty.
 
In this meeting, the memorandum of understanding signed between Iran and Saudi Arabia was also reviewed, and Al-Sudani emphasized Iraq's acceptance of this agreement and readiness to help to strengthen the stability of the region.
 
The secretary of Iran's National Security Council also emphasized that this country wants to expand bilateral relations.
 
On the sidelines of this meeting, a security memorandum of understanding between the two countries was signed by the national security advisor of Iraq and the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.
 
This memorandum of understanding is related to coordination in border security and strengthening cooperation in various security fields.
 
The agreement between Iran and Iraq regarding the preparation and signing of this agreement, which has been in preparation for several months, will have a decisive effect on reducing and managing unwanted security challenges between the two countries, which is rooted in the evil of terrorist groups opposed to Iran present in the Kurdistan Region.
 
The Supreme National Security Council of Iran says that the investigation of the security apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran shows that some anti-security measures that were carried out in the past by the agents of the Zionist regime inside the territory of this country were also carried out with the coordination and cooperation of the terrorist groups present in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
 
The security agreement between Iran and Iraq is signed after several days of intensive negotiations between the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and his Saudi counterpart in Beijing, on Friday (March 17), the agreement reached to resume relations between The two countries were officially announced during a ceremony with the signing of a joint statement between Iran, Saudi Arabia and China
 
The two countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and agencies within a maximum of two months.