Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for boost of ties between his country and Turkey in diverse areas, semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
Rouhani said the recent agreement between Iran and the world powers over the country's nuclear issue has removed the barrier for enhancement of ties between the Islamic republic and other countries, so Tehran and Ankara should elevate the volume of their trade ties to an appropriate level in 2014.
It is necessary for political, economic and cultural relations of the two countries to be improved further, said Rouhani in a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu who travelled to Tehran for the Economic Cooperation Organization meeting.
The Islamic republic welcomes cooperation in touristic area and on shared projects including energy and petrochemical sectors, stated the Iranian president.
For his part, Davutoglu said the recent nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany -- will lead to the development of ties between Iran and the world countries, especially with the neighboring sates.
Calling for all-out boost of ties between Iran and Turkey, he said the relations between the two neighboring states have been based on "solidarity and sincerity and no other factor is involved in the mutual ties."
Iran and Turkey's trade and economic ties were at good level in the past 10 years despite the western sanctions against Tehran, he said, adding that completing the construction of railway between Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul will facilitate Asia-Europe linking route.
The trade volume between the two neighboring countries was 21.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, surging mostly on gold sales to Iran because of financial sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union.
In the first nine months of 2013, the volume was down to 11.9 billion dollars, a decrease of 58 percent over the same period last year.
Turkey, a neighbor and trading partner of Iran, hopes to benefit economically and diplomatically from the latter's recent deal with some world powers on its nuclear program, which will ease the economic sanctions.
On Wednesday, Davutoglu also emphasized Iran's participation in the upcoming Geneva II conference on Syria crisis.
Rouhani also said his country favors immediate end to conflicts in Syria and serious talks among Syrian conflicting parties.
"Syria problem has no military solution and the country's crisis should be ended through serious negotiations among oppositions and the Syrian government," Rouhani was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
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