President Rohani, Turkey's Erdogan Talk On Phone

Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – President Hassan Rohani, in a telephone conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan on Monday, said all should do their best to establish peace and stability in the region. According to Presidential Office Website, Rohani thanked Erdogan for his call and said, Based on our Islamic and human obligations, we should all try hard to stop bloodshed in the region. Cooperation between Iran and Turkey would be very effective in performing our Islamic and human duties, said the president. Iran's new government would take big steps to broaden relations with Turkey on bilateral, regional and international levels, added President Rohani. Prime Minister Erdogan, on behalf of himself, government and people of Turkey, congratulated Rohani on his election as the new president of Iran and expressed his interest to visit Tehran. Referring to Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's presence in Tehran to participate in President Rohani's oath-taking ceremony, Erdogan called for more development in Tehran, Ankara relations. The two officials also congratulated each other in advance, on the advent of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of holy month of Ramazan./end