Erdoğan hosts Iranian FM in Ankara

Ersin Çelik
09:1330/08/2018, Thursday
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Turkish President Erdoğan meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Ankara, Turkey, August 29, 2018.
Turkish President Erdoğan meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Ankara, Turkey, August 29, 2018.

Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu also present at meeting

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in the capital Ankara, according to the Presidency's official website.

The two leaders met for nearly an hour of talks at the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party headquarters.

Also present at the meeting was Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting, Çavuşoğlu said bilateral issues and Syria would be discussed in the meeting.

Later, he said in a tweet: "We discussed topics on our bilateral and regional agenda, including developments in #Syria with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif of #Iran".

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