Iran seeks to develop relations with Turkey

Iran is determined to develop relations with Turkey, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Wednesday.  Speaking to reporters at Ankara Airport, Larijani added that Turkey is a brother country and both Iran and Turkey have an important role in the region.

Iranian Parliament Speaker arrived in Ankara and was welcomed by Turkey high-ranking officials at the airport, here Wednesday. In addition to studing the ways to develop parliamentary cooperation between Iran and Turkey, Larijani is expected to raise the concern of the Islamic Republic of Iran with Turkey and other Muslim nations in the context of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union over Israeli attempt to judaize the occupied holy Qods.

Larijani is also scheduled to hold talks with President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on various topics as expansion of regional cooperation, current developments in Syria, Iraq and Palestine.

Larijani will also discuss expansion of regional parliamentary cooperation as well as issues pertaining to General Assembly of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union which is to be held in Indonesia on January 30.



/Irna/