TEHRAN -- An Indian Muslim leader on Monday welcomed the improvement of relations between "the two Muslim, neighboring countries, Iran and Iraq."

Friday Prayer Leader and congregational prayers Imam of the Fathpouri Mosque of Delhi Mowlana Muhammad Mukarram Ahmad announced in press communique, a copy of which was received at IRNA's New Delhi Bureau, that the ongoing official trip of Iraqi Foreign Minister Najib Sabri to Iran and the improving level of the two countries' troubled relations is promising for the world Muslims.

Mowlana Mukarram Ahmad has added in his communique, "Freeing the remainder of the two countries' POWs thirteen years after acceptance of truce and opening of Iraqi borders on Iranian pilgrims are two important results of this important world event.

He said some foreign powers are against moving towards unity among the members of the Islamic world and it is then that have been creating obstacles in the way of normalization of these two Islamic countries, too, during all these years.

The Indian Mowlana has expressed hope that improvement of Iran-Iraq ties would be a lasting phenomenon that would contribute to establishment of solidarity and security of the region.