Russia, Turkey, Iran Leaders to Meet in Tehran next Week

Heading a delegation, Zarif arrived in the Turkish capital on August 29 to hold separate meetings with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tasnim news agency reported.

Highlighting that the trade volume between the two countries is below its potential, President Erdogan said: “We will stick to our target of increasing our bilateral annual trade volume to one billion dollars as soon as possible”.

Washington has pleaded with Ankara that he is innocent, but this had fallen on deaf ears with officials in Turkey.

The Pastor was held two years ago on espionage and terror-related charges, remains under house arrest.

“This approach involves reassuring the three key United States allies on Syria’s border – Israel, Turkey and Jordan – of continued American involvement”, according to the report. Don’t believe them”, he added “Using the dollar only damages us.

Gulen, whose Hizmet movement has led to the creation of schools in dozens of countries, including Kyrgyzstan, has always denied any links to the 2016 coup attempt.

Defying the attacks targeting Turkish economy, Erdogan said Turkey is resolved to establish independence in economy, mainly in defence industry.

But Ankara has said it is a humanitarian disaster, which is 3.5 million people are crammed into the region.

The US is the world’s biggest steel importer, and Turkey is the sixth-largest steel exporter to the US.

If considered that Chechen terror groups are already a major problem for Russian Federation, and since Chechnya is in the neighborhood of Turkey, which also has a Chechen-origin population, it can be understood better why Russian Federation and Turkey are more sensitive than all the other countries.

Lavrov also said there is “full political understanding” between Russian Federation and Turkey adding it was necessary to “disassociate the so-called moderate opposition from terrorists”.

Mr Zarif is likely to be keen on re-starting the project, as it will provide much-needed income to an Iranian economy under siege from United States sanctions.