Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to neighboring Iraq on Sunday on his first foreign visit since being appointed, with discussions on the Syria crisis topping the agenda.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to neighboring Iraq on Sunday on his first foreign visit since being appointed, with discussions on the Syria crisis topping the agenda.

"This trip aims to bring closer our points of views and to discuss regional and bilateral issues," Zarif told reporters before leaving Tehran on the one-day trip, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"We and our brothers and sisters in Iraq definitely share the same concerns regarding a new conflict being waged in our region," he added.

Iran actively opposes plans by the US and France to launch a military strike against Damascus over its suspected use of chemical weapons in deadly attacks on August 21.

According to the IRNA report, Zarif is scheduled to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari as well as with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki among other Iraqi officials.

Zarif was also quoted as saying that Iran was "more worried" by the developments in Syria than other regional countries were.

"The warmongering is happening in our neighborhood, which is an important issue and has made my visit to Iraq necessary," he said.

Zarif seized on US President Barack Obama's failure to win support for military action against Syria from world leaders during the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg.

"This shows the US and pro-war groups are faced with definite isolation in their pursuit of using war and illegal means to push forward their own foreign policy agenda," he said.