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Maliki seeks Iran’s help to rebuild Iraq

TEHRAN: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki said on Sunday that he hoped Iran would help rebuild his conflict-torn country by boosting economic ties. “We agreed to set up a joint service contract company with Iran when Iraq witnesses stability and when the national unity government starts the reconstruction,” Maliki told reporters as he wrapped up a two-day visit. “I personally hope that trade ties between the two countries will focus on quicker reconstruction and progress, in Iraq,” Maliki added at the end of his fourth visit to Iran. Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Maliki against a security pact with the United States, the official IRNA news agency reported. “Americans do not have a real friendship even with their close allies in the region so their promises should not and cannot be trusted,” Khamenei told Maliki. “The presence of US and British forces in Iraq is the main source of terrorism and internal disputes,” he added. He said the Iraqi government needed to prove it “will not retreat from Iraqis’ national interests with the enemy’s intimidation and threats”. afp

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