“The progress and stability of the region is contingent upon vigilantly passing the fabricated conflicts [staged] by the foreigners such as the Kurd-Arab or the Sunni-Shia conflicts,” Jalili said in a meeting with Nawshirwan Mustafa, the leader of the reformist Iraqi Kurdish political party Movement for Change, in Tehran on Monday.
Jalili further referred to the growing ties between Tehran and Baghdad in various sectors and said strategic bilateral cooperation will help the stability and flourishing of the region.
For his part, Mustafa also stressed the need for increasing cooperation between Iran and Iraq as two important countries in the region.
“The people and officials of the Kurdistan Region believe that their interests and benefits lie in remaining within the framework of a united and integrated Iraq,” Mustafa added.
Mustafa had earlier met with Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
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