Recep Tayyip Erdogan says terrorist organizations like PJAK, FETO, PKK are ‘troublemakers’ for both Ankara and Tehran
ANKARA
Ankara and Tehran need to continue fight against terrorist organizations in solidarity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
“PJAK, PKK, PYD, YPG, and FETO terrorist organizations are troublemakers both for Türkiye and Iran. We need to continue the fight against them in solidarity.
“As you know, we have now included them in the NATO records. They are troublemakers that disturb the peace in whatever country they are in. Therefore, we need to continue our struggle against them in solidarity,” Erdogan said during a news conference with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in the capital Tehran.
The two leaders co-chaired the 7th Meeting of the Türkiye-Iran High-Level Cooperation Council to enhance bilateral cooperation, and signed a total of eight agreements in the areas of trade, social security, and sports.
Erdogan said he believed that the countries will increase the bilateral trade volume to $30 billion.
“Unfortunately, we faced a serious setback due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As of now, we have reached $7.5 billion. I believe that the two countries will reach $30 billion again.
“It is possible to accelerate this process with the steps that we will take in the defense industry. This can be accelerated with the steps to be taken in both oil and natural gas fields,” he added.
Later in the day, Erdogan, Raisi, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for the 7th Trilateral Summit Meeting in Astana format to discuss the latest developments in Syria, and fight against the terror groups, particularly the YPG/PKK and Daesh/ISIS.
About the trilateral meeting in Tehran, Erdogan said the meeting will be a re-evaluation of the 2017 Astana process.
The Astana process was launched in 2017 to restore peace in Syria, which has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011 when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters with unexpected ferocity.
