Iranian, Turkish Foreign Ministers Hold Talks in Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have discussed a range of issues at a meeting in Turkey.

 

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have discussed a range of issues at a meeting in Turkey. 

 

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif who is leading a delegation to Turkey held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Cavusoglu on Monday. 

 

In the gathering, the top Iranian diplomat expressed solidarity with and support for Turkey in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences. 

 

Foreign Minister Zarif and his Turkish counterpart also weighed plans to make up for a decline in trade exchanges between Iran and Turkey over the past four months due to restricting regulations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. 

 

In the meeting, the Iranian Foreign Minister stressed the need to resume gas exports to Turkey and repair and reconstruct a section of the gas pipeline that has been damaged. 

 

In two rounds of negotiations, the Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers agreed on holding a virtual meeting of the Astana Process Summit in the coming weeks before an actual summit in Tehran at the first possible moment, and also discussed the issues relating to Syria, Yemen, Libya, and the fight against terrorism.