TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday for a better guarding of common borders.

The agreement was signed by Iranian border chief Qassem Rezaei and Hamid Abdullah Ibrahim al-Hosseini, Iraq’s border guards commander.

General Rezaei said Iran attaches great importance to expansion of cooperation given that the two countries share long borders.

“We believe that such cooperation will result in more security,” he said.

The 1,609-km shared borders of Iran and Iraq render inevitable the joint specialized meetings between the border guards of the two countries, Fars news agency quoted him as saying.

Elsewhere, he said that Daesh was created by the hegemons to create instability in regional countries, including Iraq.

However, the enemies’ plot was foiled thanks to God, he added.

“Annihilation of Daesh made the Iraqi people happy and this success made our responsibility to expand cooperation in boosting security in border areas heavier,” he said.

NA/PA