Zarif, highlighting the Syria issue, said Iran “has always had positive dialogues with Turkey on the Syria subject”.
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The 32 are among 208 Foreign Ministry personnel who were recalled to be assigned at the ministry’s headquarters, Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Turkey imports 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from Iran annually, or about a fifth of its 50 bcm annual needs.
Despite the meeting, however, Khodr said that there was still “no common ground” on Syria, and that there were still “deep disagreements” on how to resolve the civil war. We’re investigating this issue in detail.
Upon arriving in Ankara, Zarif said, “Iran, Russia and Turkey are important players of the region”.
The presence of Turkish people in the streets to support Turkey’s democratically elected president and government, indicates that “public will” overrides all power, he said.
Both countries “wanted to protect the territorial integrity of Syria and that Syrian people must determine their own future”, he said.
Cavusolgu’s announcement comes after Russian Federation and Turkey agreed to mend ties this week.
Despite tensions over Syria, Iran and Russian Federation were among the first countries to give unequivocal support to Erdogan on the night of the coup. “He was the foreign minister I talked to most, calling me five times during the night”, Cavusoglu said.
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Ankara has in the past months worked to maintain a careful balance in relations with Tehran despite the dispute over Syria and Turkey’s increasingly close alliance with Iran’s regional foe Saudi Arabia.
