According to a report, Hossein Amirabdollahian, our country's Foreign Minister, explained the details of the negotiations and expressed common views during a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, after having met and discussed with his Turkish counterpart.
During this meeting, Amir Abdollahian said: We had good and useful discussions with the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey regarding the follow-up to the agreements of the recent meeting between the presidents of the two countries in Tehran.
We had detailed but fruitful discussions on all aspects of bilateral cooperation.
First, we looked at the full implementation of the comprehensive program of cooperation between Tehran and Ankara.
The trade volume target between the two countries is 30 billion euros, and we are now halfway there.
Recently, the economic deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a trip to Ankara and there were good agreements between the two delegations in terms of trade. We agree that the update of the preferential trade document, in the field of transit routes between the two countries, is not the cause of competition between the two countries.
We believe that in addition to the various issues that exist on the agenda between the two countries, we should have consular issues due to the high volume of traffic between the two countries.
While expressing his satisfaction with the holding in Ankara of the meeting of the committee for the transfer of convicts between the two countries, he said: I hope that the citizens of the two countries will correctly and carefully follow the laws of the destination country when their travels.
In the question of the Caucasus, we believe that the time has come to move from the period of tension and conflict to the period of peace and tranquillity.
We welcome the negotiations between Baku and Yerevan and also stress that we will not accept any geopolitical changes or any rupture between Iran and its neighbors.
In the follow-up to yesterday's talks, issues in the region were discussed, including Turkey's concerns over the common border and the fight against terrorism.
Both sides agree that given Riyadh's desire to hold a tripartite meeting between Tehran, Ankara and Riyadh to focus on the development of the three countries, this action should be followed.
Turkish Foreign Minister said: “Increasing the volume of trade between the two countries was one of the most important topics of today's negotiations. Furthermore, given the cultural and historical closeness of the two countries, I should appreciate the sympathy and camaraderie of the Iranian people with the Turkish people after the recent earthquake. »
Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, said in a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of our country: I have already traveled to Iran under various responsibilities, and this is the first time I come to Iran as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
I thank Mr. Amirabdollahian for his hospitality and his expertise in his work.
The Turkish and Iranian nations have been living side by side for many years and I must appreciate the Iranian people's sympathy and camaraderie with the Turkish people after the recent earthquake.
We are willing to increase regional and bilateral cooperation in the framework of mutual interests.
We talked about the fight against terrorism, increasing the volume of trade, the fight against the PKK and measures to increase the volume of trade.
We have shared the agricultural, border trade, livestock and logistics capacities of the two countries.
We would like to discuss all these issues in detail at the meeting of the Economic Committee.
Today, in addition to bilateral issues, we had a consultation on regional issues, Turkey and Iran are two powerful countries in the region, and this power entails responsibilities for us, in this respect, with regard to issues of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, the South. Caucasus, Greece and Ukraine. We talked.
Our position is to return Syrian citizens in Turkey to their country safely and peacefully, and Syria must prepare the ground for this return.
We wish that Syria is cooperating more with us in its fight against the PKK.
We talked about the issue of Islamophobia with my dear brother, Mr. Amir Abdollahian, because we know that sometimes these actions are done deliberately to create the ground for Islamophobia.
Arabia, Iran and Turkey are important and responsible countries in the region and it is an important event for the region that these countries maintain peaceful and close relations with each other.