Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 /Trend T.Konyayeva/
Turkish and Iranian experts will discuss the deployment of NATO's early-warning radar system in Turkey, CNN Turk quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Saturday.
Salehi is now on visit to Ankara.
On Sept. 2, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal announced the country's intention to host the apparatus in its territory. Following Ankara's announcement, Russia criticized the plan and denounced NATO's efforts to advance eastward.
In September 2010, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen proposed to develop a 200-million-euro (253-million-dollar) US-backed missile system around Europe against possible attacks by "rogue states."
The NATO chief then named Iran's nuclear program as one of the reasons that justify the necessity of a missile system.
Turkey's such a decision provoked a wave of criticism in Iran. All Iranian top officials blamed it publicly.
Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the deployment of NATO's missile defense shield in Turkey aims at defending Israel and targets restricting Russian and Iranian influence.
Later, in October, Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei said the United States' missile defense systems deployed in different countries do not guarantee their security.