Iran’s envoy at a conference on Iraq security in the Syrian capital denied accusations by the United States that Teheran is fueling Iraq’s violence.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari assessed the trilateral meetings between Iran, Iraq and the US as positive, and further called on Tehran and Washington to continue the talks.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki underlined eagerness of Tehran and Baghdad to further expand ties, saying that his visit to Tehran was aimed at implementation of the agreements already held by the two sides.