Tehran, YJC. The president has stressed Iran’s willingness to expand relations with Turkey.

The president of Iran in a
phone call to the VP of Turkey stressed working toward peace and stability in
the region, adding "The new Iranian government will have extensive cooperation with
Turkey for improving mutual, regional, and international relations.”
The presidential website
reports that Hassan Rouhani on Monday afternoon in a phone call to Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan said "We all must try to establish peace, stability, and calm in the
region. We must try according to our human and Islamic duties so that bloodshed
in the region ends.”
"I hope that God enables us all to settle kindness and
brotherhood, instead of aggression, in the region. The cooperation of Iran and Turkey
will be much influential in meeting this human and Islamic goal,” Rouhani said.
Erdoğan in turn pointed to the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoğlu’s trip to Tehran for attendance at the presidential inauguration and
stressed the development of Tehran-Ankara relations.