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TEHRAN, Sept. 27-- Iran and Iraq's top military officials on Wednesday called for enhancement of military cooperation amidst Iraqi Kurdistan's controversial independence referendum. In a meeting here on Wednesday, the visiting Iraqi army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Othman al-Ghanemi and his Iranian counterpart, Mohamed Bagheri, vowed for further cooperation until the restoration of stability in Iraq. Al-Ghanemi said Iran will remain on the side of Iraq until achieving final victory of restoring stability. "We believe that the Islamic republic has ever been by the side of Iraq and will do so in future until the restoration of stability in Iraq," al-Ghanemi said, according to Tasnim news agency. For his part, Bagheri said that "the change of geographical borders of Iraq is not acceptable and we will never recognize it," according to semi-official Fars news agency. Iran only recognizes Iraq in totality, and considers its common borders only with legal Iraqi government, he said. "The armed forces of both countries do not recognize any authority in northern Iraq other than the legal Iraqi government," Bagheri emphasized. The Iranian top military official also said that the operational military groups of both countries will visit the common border regions on Thursday. The Islamic republic has also informed Iraq to station Iraqi military forces along the common borders with Iran, he pointed out. | 
