Alwaght: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister has condemned recent remarks by a top US military commander on Iraq’s disintegration, saying Washington’s wrong policies are to blame for the conflict in the Arab country.
“The US interventions and wrong policies in the region and Iraq are the source of serious problems in this country,” Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, said on Friday.
He underscored that Iraq’s disintegration would further escalate the crisis in the Arab country.
Iran's deputy foreign minister made the comments after US Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno, who once served as the top US commander in Iraq, said on Wednesday that partitioning Iraq “is something that could happen” and "might be the only solution.”
Amir Abdollahian once again reiterated that Islamic Republic of Iran supports “Iraq’s national unity and territorial integrity” and described the US general’s remarks as “provocative” and against peace in the Arab country.
“Iraq’s political system has been clearly defined based on the country’s constitution, and the remarks by the high-ranking US military official are provocative, against the path towards peace and security in Iraq and the region, and are even in contravention of the policies of politicians in his country,” Amir Abdollahian said.
Amir Abdollahian said that the Iraqi people along with political and religious leaders in the country can well solve their own problems if there is a strong global determination to battle terrorism.