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On Sunday, the Iranian authorities announced the end of the “misunderstanding” between Tehran and Ankara, following the telephone call between the foreign ministers of the two countries. The Iranian embassy in Turkey said, in a tweet, that the two sides stressed the importance of strengthening and expanding relations between the two countries.
The foreign ministers of the two countries, Mevlüt Çavuşo مد lu and Muhammad Javad Zarif, discussed, during a phone call on Saturday, the diplomatic dispute that arose between their countries after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during his recent visit to Azerbaijan, recited verses about the Aras border river, which angered Iranian officials. Many Iranians saw this as an attack on the sovereignty of their country.
Anadolu Agency quoted sources as saying that Çavuşolu explained to Zarif that the poem is related to the Karabakh region, and that “the president did not only hint at Iran,” emphasizing that he “did not agree to make harsh and unsubstantiated statements against President Erdogan. , under the guise of the poem, at a time when Tehran can communicate with Ankara through open channels. “
According to Anatolia, Çavuşolu recalled that Turkey “supported Iran in the days of adversity, when everyone turned their backs on it.” Zarif asked “not to forget this fact” and said 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.
On Friday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to Tehran and handed him a letter of protest against Erdogan’s statements, which he described as “intrusive and unacceptable in the affairs of the Islamic Republic.”
While the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to Ankara, due to his dissatisfaction with the accusations made by Tehran against Erdogan. The Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed to the Iranian ambassador its dissatisfaction with the call by the Iranian Foreign Ministry to the Ankara ambassador.
Despite announcing the end of the crisis, the Iranian Shura Council issued a statement on Sunday “denouncing Erdogan’s statements that affect the territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
And 214 deputies in the Iranian parliament announced their protest against the recent statements of the Turkish president, emphasizing that “the divisive literature of the Turkish president is unacceptable.” The statement read: “The use of divisive literature by the Turkish President, who hopes for good neighborliness and efforts for the unity of the Islamic world and the establishment of peace and stability in the region, is extremely strange and unacceptable, and we condemn it. strongly”.
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