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21 January 2010 [19:36] - Today.Az
Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi has stressed that Tehran will not accept any "change or modification" to the 1975 Algiers Accord.
The accord, signed between the two neighbors in March 1975, settled previous border disagreements between Tehran and Baghdad. The accord clearly determined the common land and water borders between the two countries.
Kazemi-Qomi told Arabic Al-Sabah daily on Thursday that there is the possibility of further talks between Iran and Iraq on the demarcation of their joint border.
The Iranian envoy's remarks came four days after Iranian and Iraqi border officials met to discuss and resolve border "misunderstandings."
Iranian and Iraqi officers from 11 border zones met in the Iranian city of Qasr-e Shirin, where Iran expressed its desire to erect signs at the border.
The Monday meeting also paved the way for the formation of an arbitration committee to discuss the matter of the Fakkah oil well.
The meeting came in response to the recent hype by some American and Arab media outlets which claimed that Iranian soldiers had crossed into the Iraqi territory and seized an Iraqi oil well.
Iran rejected the claims, saying that the well in question was not located on Iraqi soil.
Kazemi-Qomi went on to say that Iran is ready to mediate between Iraq and Syria to help settle disputes between the two Arab nations.
/Press TV/
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