Iran's president calls for expansion of trade ties with Turkey

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the expansion of trade ties between Iran and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"Iran and Turkey can be each other's major trade partners," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying at his meeting with visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz.

The Iranian president also said that if Tehran-Ankara trade relations are well adjusted, they will secure mutual interests.

Conveying Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan's warm greetings to Ahmadinejad, Davutoglu said Tehran and Ankara can shape better two-way ties in the future by joint planning.

The two sides at the meeting also discussed bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest, IRNA reported, without elaborating.

During Erdogan's latest visit to Iran in late last month, both sides also expressed their willingness to enhance bilateral trade exchanges.

Source: Xinhua