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Iran urges political solution to regional conflicts

Xinhua, March 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Iran's president on Wednesday called for dialogue and political procedures to settle regional conflicts, Press TV reported.

Tehran supports dialogue and mutual respect to settle differences, said Hassan Rouhani. "We should make efforts to immediately put an end to war, bloodshed and foreign interference in the region."

"Iran stresses respect for the territorial integrity of regional countries and is against any violation of territorial integrity in the region, especially in Syria and Iraq," Rouhani said during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) 13th plenary session in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

Rouhani described Iran and Turkey as two major countries of the region and called for further Tehran-Ankara cooperation in all sectors, which he said would benefit the two states as well as regional peace and stability.

Erdogan, for his part, said that Tehran-Ankara cooperation was essential to the settlement of regional woes and anti-terror fight. Endit