Turkey and Iran have expressed the resolve to increase cooperation for resolving the Syria crisis.
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The interview came ahead of Friday’s visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the Turkish capital Ankara, where he will meet an array of senior Turkish officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Tehran and Moscow are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main allies in the civil war, putting them at loggerheads with Turkey, which insists Assad must leave for there to be peace in Syria.
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“On some issues, we have different views but we have never cut dialogue”.
“Iran always had good relations with both Turkey and Russian Federation”.
Zarif said both Iran and Turkey wanted to see the Syrian people decide the fate of their own country.
Cavusoglu also said that problems caused by the July 15 coup attempt at the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, used by the USA -led coalition against Islamic State, had been resolved.
A Turkish delegation held talks in Russia on Thursday aiming at coordination on Syria and other bilateral issues following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane past year.
He also said that in a recent telephone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Erdogan signaled his country’s desire to cooperate more with Russian Federation and Iran on the fight against terrorism.
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About two military attaches at the Turkish embassy in Athens fleeing to Italy following their recall to Turkey in the wake of the failed coup, Cavusoglu confirmed the incident.
