Anatolia: Cavusoglu emphasized to Zarif on Turkey’s rejection of Iranian statements against Erdogan



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Reuters Denis Balibouse

The Turkish “Anadolu Agency” reported that the country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed to his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, that Ankara rejected the Iranian statements directed against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The official agency cited diplomatic sources that confirmed that the two ministers discussed during a telephone conversation that took place between their two countries on Saturday, after Erdogan recited, during his recent visit to Baku, poetry lines written by the Azerbaijani poet Bakhtiar Wahhabzadeh talking about the Aras river, and saw that Many Iranians are an assault on the sovereignty of their country.

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Tehran: Çavuşolu assured Zarif that Turkey respects Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity

Anatolian sources reported that Çavuşolu explained to Zarif that the poem is related to the Karabakh region and that “the president did not only hint at a hint about Iran,” and stressed that he did not agree to make harsh and unsubstantiated statements against President Erdogan, under the pretext of the poem, at a time when Tehran could Communication with Ankara through open channels “.

According to Anatolia, Çavuşolu stated that Turkey “supported Iran in the days of adversity, when everyone turned their backs on it”, and Zarif asked “not to forget this fact” and said that Ankara’s disappointment increased with the aforementioned Iranian statements.

The “Turkish” version of the call differs radically from the statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, which states that Çavuşolu assured Zarif of Ankara’s commitment to Iran’s sovereignty and made it clear that Erdogan was not aware of the sensitivity of that. poem towards Iran.

Source: “Anatolia” + RT



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