Talabani arrives in Tehran to attend Intl. Terrorism Conference

Iraq President Jalal Talabani arrived here on Friday to attend the International Conference on Global Fight against Terrorism will be kicked off in Tehran on Saturday.

Having arrived in Tehran Mehrabad Airport, Talabani was welcomed by Oil Ministry Caretaker Mohammad Aliabadi and Iran’s former Ambassador to Iraq and official in charge of Iran-Iraq Economic Cooperation Committee, Hassan Kazemi Qomi.

Formerly presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan had arrived in Tehran for the same purpose.

Presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and the ministers in charge of terrorism as well as related experts will attend the two-day meeting.

Strong readiness of Iran neighbors to attend the Tehran conference in a high level is an indication of the countries’ concern over the terrorism phenomenon.