TEHRAN, June 7, YJC - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif is in Ankara to discuss issues of mutual interests as well as regional and international developments with Turkish officials.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - He is going to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Earlier in May, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour and his Turkish counterpart Sedat Onal in a meeting in Tehran underlined the need for expanding bilateral ties in different fields.
During the meeting, Rahimpour and Onal explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating mutual cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields.
The Iranian deputy foreign minister said that both Iran and Turkey are considered as important countries in the region, underlying that expansion of mutual ties would pave the way for resolving the regional crises.
Onal, for his part, congratulated Hassan Rouhani's re-election as Iran's president, and underlined that what happened in Iran was a manifestation of democracy.
The Turkish official said that the high voter turnout indicated that the Iranian nation is determined to decide their own fate.