BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said on Monday that the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, paid a two-day visit to Tehran that aimed at supporting Iraq's stability.

A UNAMI statement said that Hennis-Plasschaert held talks on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 with Iranian officials over regional issues as part of efforts to support stability in Iraq.

The special representative had made a number of such visits in the region as part of UNAMI's mandate, "which includes the facilitation of regional dialogue and cooperation, including on issues of border security, energy, trade, environment, water, infrastructure, public health, and refugees," the statement said without giving further details.

According to Iranian media reports, Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, met with Hennis-Plasschaert and expressed his country's readiness to provide any kind of assistance to Iraq, while the UN special representative asserted the importance of the unity and integration of Iraq as well as the need to hold a free election in the country. Enditem

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