It is in Iraq's interest to continue to insist on rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions, acting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said, AP reported.

He said Iraq intends to maintain its role as host of talks between the two Middle Eastern neighbors. "Iraq has contributed to the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement and several meetings held have been successful and fruitful, there has been a great rapprochement," he said, adding that Iraq will continue to encourage dialogue between the two sides.

Asked about the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab Gulf states, he said that it is not about Iraq, and he would not express an opinion.

He noted that Iraq believes in the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of countries and non-interference of others in its affairs.

Each country has its own policy, he said, adding that Saturday's summit in Jeddah did not address the issue.