The United Nations Security Council`s recent resolution on Iraq indicated the defeat of US unilateralism and its autocratic policy in Iraq, Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
Mottaki arrived in New York on Saturday to attend the UN General Assembly, due to start on Tuesday.
He made the remarks in a high level meeting on Iraq held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The meeting was co-chaired by UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Criticizing US contradictory behavior on the question of Iraq, Mottaki said, `On the one hand, US claims to support the Iraqi government, while on the other hand, it undermines the government in different ways.
`The United States says it seeks to provide security and stability for Iraq while American troops disturb the country`s security,` Mottaki added.
As for the UNSC resolution 1770 on Iraq, the Iranian minister referred to the responsibilities envisaged for the UN in the resolution and said, `The international community and the United Nations should avoid repetition of the mistakes made by the occupier forces in Iraq.
` Mottaki said the question of Iraq `is an Iraqi issue and should be settled by the Iraqi people.
`The international community should act based on its supporting and complementary role to help the people and government of Iraq in this juncture,` Mottaki stressed.
Condemning the recent detention of an Iranian government employee in Iraq by US occupying forces, Mottaki said, `This is not the first time that Iranian officials are arrested during an official visit to Iraq.
` The minister referred to such `illegal and unreasonable` behaviors as `obstacles in the way of cooperation for reconstruction of Iraq.
` He added that such behaviors were against the US claims that it supported Iraqi neighbors` efforts for reconstructing the war-ravaged country.