Officials from Iran, Iraq and Syria will meet next week in Baghdad to strengthen their joint fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, media reports said Tuesday.
Representatives of the three countries “will have a meeting next week in Baghdad to reinforce their cooperation in the fight against terrorism,” Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign affairs adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday.
Velayati spoke after meeting Syrian Interior Minister Mohammad al-Chaar, who is visiting Tehran, Iranian state TV said.
“Iran has brotherly and historic relations with these two countries (Iraq and Syria). Next week, we will bear witness to an important evolution in the relationship among these three countries,” Velayati said.