Iran’s VP denies existence of any suspended problems with Iraq

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: Iran ’s 1st Vice-President, Mohammed Reza Rahimi, has described his current visit for Iraq to be “positive,” on the trade level between both countries, denying the existence of any suspended problems on the political level.   Rahimi, told a news conference after his meeting with the Grand Shiite Authority, Sayid Ali al-Sistany, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Thursday, that “his visit for Iraq had been positive and his meetings with Iraqi businessmen and Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.”   He pointed out that “the future horizons shall be very good, to serve the Iraqi people, as many Iranian merchants shall head for Iraq , to exchange joint interests between both countries.”   “There are no suspended problems between Iraq and Iran at the present time, as all goals have been achieve, but for few things that will be settled in the forthcoming few days,” Rahimi said, adding: “we are two neighborly loving Muslim peoples.”   On his part, Najaf’s Governor, Adnan al-Zurfy, told a the joint news conference, that the Iranian Vice-President had visited Najaf, accompanied by five of his ministers, pointing out that “they had a plan to encourage Iranian companies to enter Iraq, to help in its reconstruction.”   He pointed out that “concentration by the Iranian side in Najaf had taken place due to the significance of the city, after the visit of other Iranian delegations, had supported the Province, to carry out condensed dialogues with the related offices, to look help in sharing in the implementation of urgent strategic projects.”   Iran ’s 1 st Vice-President, Mohammed Reza Rahimi, had arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, on an official visit, leading a high-level delegation, and was received in Baghdad International Airport by Iraq ’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.   Najaf, the center of the Province carrying the same name, is 160 km to the south of Baghdad .   SKH (IT)