Speaking to Khabar Online, Haqiqian maintained that both countries insist on perusing good mutual ties which can not be influenced by the UN punitive measures on Iran.
"Iran and Iraq enjoy constructive relations with each other in economic, political and cultural terms. They have wide-ranging and profound historical, cultural, religious commonalities. The people of the two neighboring countries have a kind of close relation and kinship. Moreover, both nations are concerned for establishing peace and security in the region which is simply achievable through cooperation," he pointed.
Haqiqian went on to say: "However the presence of occupying military forces in Iraq and sluggish process of Iraq's reconstruction in some borderlines with Iran particularly in strategic places like Arvand Roud waterway [which must be cleaned up] have caused a dispute between the two countries over the frontier settlement."
Known as the Shatt al-Arab in Arabic, Arvand Roud in the Persian Gulf is a maritime border between the two countries. Dredging and cleaning up the river by Iraq requires Iranian permission because under the 1975 Algiers Accord half the river is a part of Iran's territory.
"The intervention of some Arabian states of the Middle East in Iraqi affairs added to the presence of occupying forces has faced the country with numerous economic, political and security problems. Currently Iraq is in big demand for consumer goods, technology and other services," Haqiqian said.
The United Nations Security Council on June 9 imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear program the West claims is aimed at developing the means to access atomic weapons. Defiant to the pressures, The Islamic Republic insists that its nuclear program is peaceful and has followed uranium enrichment to 20 percent. Tehran has regarded the sanctions which among other things target its banking and shipping sectors as illegal.
In December international media claimed that Iran has seized an Iraqi oil field, located in a region called Fakkah, which Iran believes is a part of its territory, some reports underlined that Iranian military forces have taken hold of the region. Iranian officials stated that it's not clear whether the oil well belongs to Iraq or not, but in the final analysis they emphasize that Iranian forces have not seized that.
Later, based on the ensuing negotiations both parties agreed to resolve the problem through diplomatic methods to sooth the tension.
At that time a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry accused foreign media of trying to disrupt good relations between Tehran and Baghdad. Currently Iran is implementing construction projects including electrical, water, transport and so on in Iraq.
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