TEHRAN, MARCH 10, SPA -- IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BRIGADIER MUSTAFFA MOHAMMED NAJJAR SAID IRAN BELIEVES THAT ENHANCING RELATIONS WITH ARAB AND MUSLIM COUNTRIES CONSTITUTES ONE OF ITS IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES. IN A STATEMENT, CARRIED BY THE IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY, NAJJAR SAID HIS 3-DAY VISIT TO DAMASCUS Comes IN Line WITH THE Ongoing SYRIAN-IRANIAN TALKS. HE NOTED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED AN Invitation FROM HIS SYRIAN COUNTERPART HASSAN TURKMANI O VISIT SYRIA. NAJJAR POINTED OUT THAT HE WILL DISCUSS IN DAMASCUS A NUMBER OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOPICS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CEMENTING DEFENSIVE RELATIONS.'IT IS HOPED THAT THE VISIT WILL WIDEN THE SCOPE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE DEFENSIVE DOMAINS', HE ADDED.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/431453