Iranian Foreign Minister meets with Turkish counterpart Mublot Chebushalou in Istanbul • "Relations between the two countries are important for stability and regional peace"
Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif with his Turkish counterpart from Balut Chebushalou
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Turkey and Iran harden positions vis-à-vis the Biden administration:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Istanbul today (Friday), where there is a joint meeting and press conference with his Turkish counterpart from the Chebushoulu bloc.
"The US demand that we repeal our steps to advance the nuclear program will not be accepted until Washington removes the sanctions," Zarif said during the meeting.
"At this stage we need to develop our relations with Iran even more than the current situation," Chebushou said, adding that "relations between the two countries are important for regional stability and peace. We are working together for the safety of Iraq and Syria. To achieve stability in the region, we must strengthen The cooperation between us. "
He said, "We supported the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the superpowers. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has withdrawn from the agreement. I very much hope that the Biden administration will return to the agreement. As a result, all sanctions imposed on Iran, our sister, will be lifted. I told my brother Javad Zarif, That we as Turkey give him all the support we can give. "
Zarif responded that "the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey are always on good terms with each other, and so it will continue to be. The cooperation between the two countries is very broad. I hope that according to US sensible steps - we will promote cooperation between us."
"Zarif's visit to Turkey sends a message to Washington that tensions between Ankara and Tehran regarding the Caucasus region have ended," Dr. Chai Eitan Cohen Inrojek, a modern Turkish researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and Moshe Dayan Center at Tel University, told Israel Today Spring.
"Turkey is interested in seeing the lifting of US sanctions on Iran in order to increase trade between the two countries," he said.
Regarding Syria, he adds that "the two countries are expected to strengthen cooperation with the Kurds, since the PKK / YPG is perceived as a common enemy. In their view, the eradication of Kurdish militias in northern Syria, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is in the interest" "However, the common interest of the two countries in the struggle against the Kurdish underground does not indicate at all that they are expected to cooperate fully in all the many issues in Syria and Iraq."