TEHRAN - An official close to the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council has said that in regard to ongoing developments in Iraq there is no doubt that “state-building and reconstruction” are the most important solutions to security woes plaguing the country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki on Tuesday called on Iraq’s neighbors to help establish peace and security in the war-ravaged country.
Addressing a meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq’s neighbors and great powers in Kuwait, Mottaki expressed concern over the presence of occupying forces in Iraq where terrorist attacks have jeopardized the entire region’s security.
Mohsen Hakim, political adviser to the head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said in an interview on Wednesday that the Kuwait conference “was a successful step toward establishing the rule of law in the new Iraq.”
The conference of foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighbors and Western powers in Kuwait was successful, Hakim told the Mehr News Agency.
He appreciated Iran’s positive and helpful role in Iraq, stating that the Islamic Republic’s presence at the conference was “valuable”.
Baghdad is considering Iran’s plans and innovations suggested at the Sharm el Sheikh, Istanbul, and Kuwait conferences, he said.
The Iraqi government’s most important strategy is to remove the excuses for presence of foreign forces in the country, and make the necessary arrangement for their withdrawal, Hakim noted.
At the foreign ministerial meeting most of Iraq’s neighbors insisted that the occupiers should leave the country, he pointed out.
With a glance at the history of Iran-Iraq relations since the collapse of the Saddam regime it becomes clear that the Islamic Republic has always taken friendly stances toward Iraq by providing political and economic assistance to the country, he said.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an urgent appeal on Tuesday for greater international support to Iraq, and he voiced frustration with fellow leaders of Arab nations for failing to send ambassadors.
“It is hard for us to understand why our Arab brothers do not exchange diplomats with Iraq,” Maliki told the conference.
Iran was among the first countries which established close ties with Iraq.
Hakim expressed regret over certain countries’ concern about the growing ties between Tehran and Baghdad.
“Everyone knows that Iran and Iraq have dialectic and inseparable relations at various religious and geopolitical levels,” he stated