Turkey, Iran to step up cooperation on Ankara-Damascus thaw
While the top Turkish and Iranian diplomats appear to be on the same page over the ongoing Damascus-Ankara rapprochement, both foreign ministers also raised contentious issues during the Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Turkey.
Turkey and Iran agreed to increase cooperation on Syria on Tuesday amid an ongoing thaw between Ankara and Damascus.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, during his visit to Ankara.
Speaking after the meeting, Cavusoglu said they discussed several bilateral issues and regional developments, including the latest rapprochement between Turkey and the Syrian government.
“In our meeting today, we stressed that Iran's contribution to this process is very important. Our president personally also stressed this. … In the upcoming period, we will work in close cooperation with Iran on steps to be taken and in a bid to see these steps come to fruition.”
