Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 23
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran's deputy foreign minister for African and Arab affairs, Hossein Jaber Ansari, arrived in Turkey Aug. 23 to discuss regional issues.
Jaberi Ansari is scheduled to meet with Turkish officials to exchange viewpoints regarding the latest regional issues, in particular Syrian crisis, Tasnim news agency reported.
Things have been changing fast between Tehran and Ankara in the past few days.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu traveled to Tehran Aug. 18 and held talks on regional affairs with Iranian officials in the few hours he was in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Turkey Aug. 12.
On the economic front, Iran announced Aug. 19 preparedness to increase its 30 million cubic meters per day (mcmd) of gas export to Turkey by 6 mcm/d.
The developments came about after Turkey voiced willingness to work alongside Iran and Russia over the undergoing crisis in Syria.