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Turkish president: Tehran-Ankara after boosting bilateral ties
Ankara, Feb 12, IRNA – President Abdullah Gul of Turkey has referred to Iran and Turkey as two major and powerful countries in the region that are willing to boost all-out bilateral ties.
He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRNA prior to his official visit to Iran which is to take place on February 14.
President Gul said that Tehran-Ankara cooperation had a “remarkable progress” during the past couple of years.
He stressed that his next visit to Iran would take place in response to the recent visit to Turkey of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While in Iran, he would visit the ancient city of Isfahan in central Iran, the Turkish president said, describing the city as a museum in the open air.
The northwestern city of Tabriz, capital of the East Azarbaijan Province, is the second major Iranian city to be visited by the Turkish president during his stay in Iran.
President Gul said he is to discuss major economic, political and cultural issues in separate meetings with several Iranian officials.
Commenting on the West's approach towards Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, he said that western countries were pursuing a policy based on a “pressure-then-negotiation scenario.”
Noting that Iran was a signatory to the Non-Proliferatioin Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, he stressed that Ankara preferred a solution to Iran's nuclear issue which would “be based on negotiations.”
Referring to the recent political developments in the region, including people’s uprising in Tunisia and Egypt which have led to overthrow of the two countries dictators, President Gul said such developments should be evaluated in a 'realistic way” as we are living in a “transparent world” in which nothing would remain in the darkness thanks to the advanced technologies that have made it possible to have an easy access to free information.
“World leaders would eventually become aware of the open realities of their own countries whether they like it or not,” said the Turkish president./end
He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRNA prior to his official visit to Iran which is to take place on February 14.
President Gul said that Tehran-Ankara cooperation had a “remarkable progress” during the past couple of years.
He stressed that his next visit to Iran would take place in response to the recent visit to Turkey of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While in Iran, he would visit the ancient city of Isfahan in central Iran, the Turkish president said, describing the city as a museum in the open air.
The northwestern city of Tabriz, capital of the East Azarbaijan Province, is the second major Iranian city to be visited by the Turkish president during his stay in Iran.
President Gul said he is to discuss major economic, political and cultural issues in separate meetings with several Iranian officials.
Commenting on the West's approach towards Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, he said that western countries were pursuing a policy based on a “pressure-then-negotiation scenario.”
Noting that Iran was a signatory to the Non-Proliferatioin Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, he stressed that Ankara preferred a solution to Iran's nuclear issue which would “be based on negotiations.”
Referring to the recent political developments in the region, including people’s uprising in Tunisia and Egypt which have led to overthrow of the two countries dictators, President Gul said such developments should be evaluated in a 'realistic way” as we are living in a “transparent world” in which nothing would remain in the darkness thanks to the advanced technologies that have made it possible to have an easy access to free information.
“World leaders would eventually become aware of the open realities of their own countries whether they like it or not,” said the Turkish president./end
