\u2018Iran, Turkey can be flag bearers of nuclear disarmament\u2019<\/p>\n
Tehran Times Political Desk<\/p>\n
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says that Iran and Turkey enjoy the potential to be the flag bearers of nuclear disarmament in the world.<\/p>\n
Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with Head of Turkish parliament\u2019s Commission for Foreign Relations Murad Marjan in Tehran on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran and Turkey can be the flag bearers of nuclear disarmament in the world so that we can have a world free of nuclear weapons,\u201d Mottaki added.<\/p>\n
He also said that Turkey has turned into one of the most influential countries in the region.<\/p>\n
As two important regional countries, Iran and Turkey can make major moves through cooperation with each other, Mottaki noted.<\/p>\n
Marjan, for his part, said that Iran and Turkey share many affinities and must further their cooperation.<\/p>\n
The Turkish MP also expressed his country\u2019s support for Iran\u2019s right to peaceful nuclear activities and highlighted the importance of international nuclear disarmament.<\/p>\n
\u2018Iran, Turkey can develop exemplary ties\u2019<\/p>\n
In another meeting, Marjan held talks with Iranian First Vice-President Mohammadreza Rahimi late on Wednesady.<\/p>\n
In the meeting, Rahimi said that Iran and Turkey enjoy the potential to develop \u201cexemplary\u201d relations in the region and the world.<\/p>\n
Tehran-Ankara relations are now at the highest level and increased parliamentary cooperation between the two countries would positively affect political and economic ties, he added.<\/p>\n
Marjan, for his part, said that the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a significant role in promoting peace and security in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the regional countries must make attempts to improve and establish security and peace in the region,\u201d the Turkish MP noted.<\/p>\n
He also said that the Turkish parliament will do its best to increase relations between the two neighbors.<\/p>\n
Marjan also held separate talks with Majlis Foreign Policy and National Security Committee Chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Iran, Turkey can be flag bearers of nuclear disarmament\u2019 Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says that Iran and Turkey enjoy the potential to be the flag bearers of nuclear disarmament in the world. Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with Head of Turkish parliament\u2019s Commission for Foreign Relations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":30672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[2274,3983,2220,4154],"class_list":["post-25681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran_","tag-a-world-without-nuclear-weapon","tag-mottaki","tag-nuclear-disarmament","tag-nuclear-weapons-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}