Turkey Iran to boost dialogue says diplomat

2/12/2016 12:21:58 PM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkey and Iran have agreed to continue “enhancing dialogue” a Foreign Ministry official told Anadolu Agency on Friday.

Umit Yalcin's remarks came after talks with the Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ibrahim Rahimpour in Ankara earlier this week.

"During the meetingwe agreed to continue enhancing our dialogue in the upcoming period via increasing mutual high-level contacts and visits" said Yalcin.

He said the countries agreed on improving economic and trade relations and benefiting from cooperation in the energy sector.

"Within the framework of our consultations we exchanged views on regional issues especially … developments in Syria and Iraq.

"We touched upon the need to initiate a political process for stopping the bloodshed in Syria and implementing a real transition process" Yalcin said.

"In this respect we expect Iran's regional policies to be constructive and we hope it [Iran] will understand how much it is [acting] in a wrong manner by cooperating with the Russian Federation and supporting the [Assad] regime" Yalcin added.

The Syrian government’s supporters chiefly Russia and Iran have called for President Bashar al-Assad to be part of the transition process.

Turkey which has taken in a large number of Syrian refugees is deeply opposed to Assad remaining in power accusing his regime of being responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.

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