TURKEY, IRAN TO EXPAND SECURITY COOPERATION
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.09.2009 11:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his
Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu have called for the expansion of
security cooperation between the two neighbors, Tehran Times reported.
"Iran and Turkey are determined to fight terrorism and extremism,"
Mottaki said during a joint press conference with Davutoglu in Tehran
on Saturday.
"Groups like the PKK (Kurdish Workers’ Party) and PEJAK (Party for a
Free Life in Kurdistan) must know that the messages exchanged between
the two countries on terrorism are very clear and the two countries’
borders are not a place to damage their ties," he stated.
The Minister also noted that trade exchanges between the two countries
hit $11 billion in 2008 and efforts are being made to raise the figure
to $20 billion in the near future.