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    TURKEY AS MEDIATOR BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND IRAN

    AZG DAILY
    28-10-2009

    Turkey

    According to foreign media, on Sunday Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    met with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. At a joint news
    conference in Islamabad, they announced that Pakistan and Turkey would
    jointly combat terrorism and improve cooperation in politics, economy,
    diplomacy and security through a "higher level cooperation council". A
    "joint declaration" was signed to strengthen relations in economy,
    trade, investment, agriculture, industry, culture, education, defense
    and people-to-people contacts. Gilani invited Turkish companies to
    invest in alternative energy and tourism in Pakistan, and Erdogan
    called for public-private partnerships in Pakistan's energy sector.

    Erdogan also offered his services as mediator between Pakistan and Iran
    regarding a bombing in Iran earlier this month. Iran holds Pakistan,
    along with the US and Britain, responsible. And, having shown no
    hesitancy about accepting the legitimacy of Iran's government from
    the first announcement of the disputed election results, Turkey is
    now reaping its reward.

    On Monday, PM Erdogan visited Tehran for two days of talks
    with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, First Vice President
    Mohammadreza Rahimi, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, and Foreign Minter
    Manouchehr Mottaki. On the agenda: energy deals, nuclear programs,
    and the expansion of bilateral ties. Erdogan was accompanied by 200
    high-ranking political and economic officials - eighteen Turkish MPs
    and Turkey's ministers of foreign affairs, energy, and foreign trade.

    Turkey needs Iranian natural gas, and Iran is a big market for
    Turkish products.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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