Turkey, Iran look to cooperate over regional issues

Mar 07, 2016, 06:20

We may have had some disagreements with Iran. "Thus, we believe that regional problems must be resolved by countries and nations of the region and there is no doubt Iran and Turkey can have constructive roles in establishing enduring peace in the region".

Turkish officials will also push for the implementation of an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration court ruling last month that Iran should discount the price of natural gas it exports to Turkey by 10-15 percent, backdated to 2011.

The sides will focus on the bilateral relations.

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"With all our contradictions, Turkey and Iran share a common goal - to extinguish the ethnic conflicts in the region".

Iranian and Azerbaijani officials signed 12 memorandums of understanding on the sidelines of a meeting between President Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran Feb. 23.

The two held "useful" talks on bilateral and regional issues Saturday morning and stressed that the stability and security in the region are indispensable for the interests of both states, Jahangiri said.

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Visiting the Iranian capital, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Iran's first vice president Eshaq Jahangiri.

Iran, along with Russian Federation, has stood by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the five-year war, providing him with military and financial support, while Turkey is his most outspoken critic and has backed opposition forces. We are most happy that the worldwide sanctions against Iran came to an end. However, separate USA sanctions on Iran remain in place, making doing business in the Islamic Republic very complicated for American companies.

He voiced confidence that Turkey and Iran will soon exceed their previous trade target of $30 billion annually.

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Trade between the two nations was $9.7 billion (8.8 billion euros) in 2015, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute.