Davutoglu: Turkey never consents targeting a neighboring country in NATO

MOSCOW (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey had never consented targeting neighboring countries like Russia, Iran or Syria within NATO. Holding a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, Davutoglu said that Turkey did not launch an initiative to intervene in Iranian issue, adding that Turkey never consented targeting a neighboring country in NATO-related activities. Iran-Turkey border has always been a border of peace, and it will continue to be so, he added. Noting that he discussed Iran and Syria issues with Lavrov, Davutoglu said that violence towards civilians should rapidly end in Syria, while implementations of reforms should begin. Davutoglu said that Turkey's position with Russia was very similar in Iran issue, adding that talks on Iran's nuclear program should resume rapidly. He added that Turkey was ready to host the talks, if Iran returned to negotiation table. Russian minister Lavrov, in his part, said that Turkish-Russian relations gained a momentum in recent period, adding that the new strategic relation paradigm between the two countries would be an element of stability in Eurasia geography. Lavrov said that they would increase the trade volume between Turkey and Russia to 100 billion USD within the next five years.