President: Nuclear deal helps broaden Iran-Turkey ties

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined that importance of Vienna agreement on improvement of Tehran-Ankara relations, IRNA reported.

'This agreement will Influence Iran's relations with neighbors, specially Turkey,' President Rouhani said during the phone conversation.

'We left behind the oppressive sanctions and could find acceptable solutions,' he added.

The Iranian president pointed to Tehran-Ankara mutual cooperation to help restore stability in the region, and said, 'The regional people are eyeing our cooperation and we can achieve a win-win solution in the region.'

'It is necessary to increase our interactions for uprooting terrorism and confront the issue of terrorism in the region which could destabilize the regional countries.'

President Rouhani, meantime, thanked Turkey for its cooperation in the nuclear issue in recent years.

The Turkish president, for his part, felicitated President Rouhani for the nuclear achievements, and said, 'We are ready to cooperate with Iran on regional issues; we could help achieve this through close interactions among different bodies of the two countries.'

President Erdogan pointed to Iran-Turkey relations, and said, 'We should follow up the expansion of ties and help to deepen it through cooperation.'

/By Trend/