Baghdad, August 12: As Iran and Iraq suffer insecurity problems in their common borders, they have agreed to maintain efforts aimed at settling border disputes.
“Iran and Iraq are decided to settle certain issues concerning common borders,” Commander of Iran’s Border Police, Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei, told IRNA on Tuesday.
He added that restoring security and peace in border regions and the implementation of international regulations were the main points discussed during a meeting between Iranian officials and members of Iraq’s Border Guard.
Earlier this month, Iran and Iraq agreed to accelerate the demarcation of land, maritime and coastal boundaries between the two neighboring states in order to avoid future possible problems.
After the end of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the two sides have held several meetings on joint border issues.
Tehran and Baghdad signed an agreement in 2008 in which they pledged to revive the demarcations laid out in a pre-war agreement known as the 1975 Algiers Accord.
The Algiers Accord settled previous disagreements about borders between Iran and Iraq, setting out the common land and water borders between the two countries.
However, there are some uncertainties and disagreements between the two states following the 1980-88 war launched by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
—–Agencies