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The Iranian embassy in Turkey said the “misunderstanding” between Tehran and Ankara ended after the phone call between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
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The embassy added, in a tweet, that the two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening and expanding relations between the two countries.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey @MevlutCavusoglu with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran @JZarif In the phone call between,
The recent misunderstanding was resolved and the parties stressed the importance of strengthening and expanding relations between the two countries.#fraternityhttps://t.co/pxcMcfQmLP– Iranian Embassy in Turkey (@Iran_in_Turkey) December 12, 2020
The foreign ministers of the two countries discussed during a telephone call on Saturday, the diplomatic dispute that arose between their two countries after Turkish President Erdogan, during his recent visit to Baku, recited verses by the Azerbaijani poet Bakhtiar Wahhabzadeh speaking of the border river Aras , which angered Iranian officials. That many Iranians are an assault on the sovereignty of their country.
In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that Javad Zarif and Çavuşolu “emphasized the close friendly relations between Turkey and Iran and emphasized the strong good neighbor policy followed by Ankara.”
Çavuşolu gave Zarif assurances about “President Erdogan’s respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iran.”
For its part, the Turkish semi-governmental agency Anadolu reported that Çavuşolu assured Zarif that “he does not accept to make forceful and baseless statements against Erdogan, under the pretext of the poem, at a time when Tehran could communicate with Ankara through channels open.
According to Anatolia, Çavuşolu stated that Turkey “supported Iran in the days of adversity, when the whole world turned their backs on it.”
Source: RT
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