Iranian foreign minister meets Turkish, Slovakian counterparts

4 February 2013, 15:31 (GMT+04:00)

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Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has met with his Turkish and Slovakian counterparts on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, Press TV reported.

During separate meetings on Sunday, Salehi discussed bilateral ties as well as recent regional developments with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

Accompanied by Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, Salehi left Tehran for Munich on Saturday to attend the 49th security conference.

The ongoing crises in Mali and Syria as well as the economic situation in the eurozone were among the topics of discussion in the three-day event.

In the meeting with his Slovakian counterpart, the Iranian foreign minister highlighted the high capacities for the enhancement of Tehran-Bratislava cooperation and invited Lajcak to pay an official visit to Iran.

The Slovakian foreign minister, for his part, stressed the importance of mutual ties with the Islamic republic and voiced his country's readiness to expand cooperation with Tehran.