The sides will discuss issues of mutual interest between Iran and Iraq, as well as latest regional developments during the 3-day visit.
Earlier Iraqi media outlets reported that al-Jabouri will ask Iranian officials to help Iraq resolve its problems with terrorist groups.
Later in October Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Tehran and held meetings with senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani.
Al-Abadi visited Iran as part of the two sides` efforts to help Iraq in fighting against the IS (Islamic State, formerly ISIL or ISIS) group, as well as strengthening cooperation between the two countries, according to the Iraq premier office.
The IS group was created in 2003 in Iraq. Following the start of military confrontation in Syria between the armed opposition and the government forces, the IS penetrated the country in 2013.
Strengthening of the IS in Syria allowed it to return to Iraq, deploying military actions against government forces there.
In late June of 2014, the IS announced about the creation of the ‘Islamic Caliphate’ on the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria. In turn, Iraqi authorities asked the international community for help in fighting the IS.
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