TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Mohammadreza Baqeri, and Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Haj Mahmoud here on Tuesday agreed to implement the terms of the 1975 Algiers agreement and the additional protocols to it.

The Algiers Accord was inked between Iran and Iraq to settle disputes over the Arvand Rud (Shatt-al-Arab) waterway, which forms the boundary between Iran’s Khuzestan Province and Iraq.
The two sides agreed to “reactivate the technical and executive mechanisms” approved in the treaty, the Foreign Ministry press department announced.
They also urged developing an overall strategy for economic advancement of the Arvand Rud region.
In addition, the officials called for new talks between the two countries in order to discuss the facilitation of sailing into Arvand Rud, further exploitation of the river, and settlement of problems on the common borders