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Iran says no to renegotiating border treaty with Iraq
Iran said on Sunday it would not renegotiate a 1975 border treaty with Iraq after the Iraqi president caused a political stir in December by saying the treaty was void, a statement he later retracted.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:31 March 2, 2008
Tehran: Iran said on Sunday it would not renegotiate a 1975 border treaty with Iraq after the Iraqi president caused a political stir in December by saying the treaty was void, a statement he later retracted.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Iran would not renegotiate the 1975 Algiers border agreement on the day Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began the first visit by an Iranian president to Iraq.
A row over the border and control of the Shatt Al Arab waterway, known as Arvand Rud in Iran, was a factor leading to the Iran-Iraq 1980-88 war that left about a million dead. Iraq said it wanted to discuss the row during Ahmadinejad's visit.
Hosseini said,"They (Iraqi officials) came to Tehran. We had good and constructive talks within the framework of the 1975 treaty about some issues, including border disputes and other issues regarding the river."
When asked if Ahmadinejad's trip would involve negotiations about the 1975 agreement, Hosseini added, "We had no talks about the treaty and we will not have (such talks)."
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