Iran`s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Mohammad-Reza Baqeri, here Saturday voiced Tehran`s support for the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Baqeri is currently in Baghdad to participate in a meeting attended by Iraq and its neighbors to be held in the Iraqi capital on Sunday to assess the proposal forward for ending sectarian violence, securing energy for Iraq and dealing with a refugee flood.
He told IRNA that holding such a meeting in Baghdad is an indication of the authority of the government of al-Maliki.
Tehran believes that the Iraqi popular government is taking steps on the right track and therefore it is ready to do anything to support such a government, Baqeri said.
He added that participation in the Iraqi neighbors` meeting and expansion of Tehran-Baghdad relations are two major objectives behind his current visit to Iraq.
Delegates are expected from across the region, from the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- as well as from some of the Group of Eight countries like Japan.
After Maliki addresses the meeting, delegates will break into three working groups dealing with security, the plight of four million Iraqis displaced internally or who have fled to Jordan and Syria, and Iraq`s energy crisis.