国际英语资讯:Iranian FM in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders on bilateral, regional situation_时事

国际英语资讯:Iranian FM in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders on bilateral, regional situation

They also affirmed the "importance of exerting joint efforts to remove the damage of the (U.S.) sanctions on the region and reach political solutions to the current (regional) crises," it added.

Zarif was also scheduled to hold meetings with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi and his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed al-Hakim before leaving the country on Sunday.

On Saturday afternoon, Zarif arrived in Baghdad amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, which came after U.S. President Donald Trump decided not to re-issue the sanctions waivers for major importers to continue buying Iran's oil when they expired in early May.

On May 15, the U.S. State Department ordered the non-emergency U.S. employees working in both the embassy in Baghdad and the consulate in Erbil to leave Iraq, a U.S. embassy statement said.

Earlier, the U.S. military said that the U.S. forces were on high alert in Iraq and Syria over fears of "imminent threats" from Iran-backed forces in the region.

On May 21, Mahdi said that Iraq will send delegations to the United States and Iran to ease the tension in the Middle East.

"Iraq has high-level contacts (with parties of dispute), and we are going to push for calm between Washington and Tehran, but it is not a mediation," Mahdi said in a press conference in Baghdad.

The United States has also increased its military buildup in the region recently by deploying an aircraft carrier, bombers and anti-missile systems, citing a threat of Iranian attack.