Ambassador: Ankara Ready To Host Tehran-G5+1 Talks

Tehran, March 28, IRNA – Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim says Ankara is ready to host upcoming Iran-G5+1 talks for the second time. “As far as Turkey’s hosting is concerned, everything depends on Iran-G5+1 agreement and those are the two sides who should announce their agreement and inclination to Turkey’s hosting,” said Yardim in an interview with IRNA here at Tehran Mehrabad Airport early Wednesday morning on the sidelines of ceremonies to welcome Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan in his Iran visit. Yardim touched on the meeting of Erdogan and the US President Barack Obama over the past two days on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Conference in Seoul, saying, “Erdogan might put his experience of the meeting and of attending the Seoul conference at the disposal of Iranian officials.” He noted that the Prime Minister will meet and confer with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as well as the First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran on Wednesday. He added that after the talks, Erdogan will leave for the holy city of Mashhad and then to Ankara./end