President Rouhani Receives Turkish PM

Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani met with visiting Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday. Erdoğan arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Tuesday night. President Rouhani and Turkish PM Erdoğan discussed issues of mutual interest in the meeting which was held at the Sa’adabad Cultural and Historical Complex in northern Tehran. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız also are accompanying Premier Erdogan. The Turkish prime minister is to hold separate meetings with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minister Zarif and First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri. The Turkish prime minister is in Tehran at an official invitation by Jahangiri. Erdoğan is to leave the capital this afternoon./end