Iran has a significant position in regional developments, President Gul said in a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Ankara on Friday, adding that Ankara is keen to raise its relations with Iran to the highest possible level.
Mottaki wrapped up his day-long visit to Ankara and returned home on Friday. His visit took place at the official invitation of his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan.
Mottaki said in the meeting with the Turkish president that Tehran and Ankara enjoy plenty of common grounds for the expansion of bilateral cooperation in economic fields.
In another meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mottaki pointed to the energy, gas and power projects being implemented jointly by Iran and Turkey, adding that the two countries could also bolster cooperation in the mines and transportation sectors through joint ventures.
Erdogan hailed the growing trend of Tehran-Ankara relations in political, economic and cultural fields and expressed hope that implementation of power plants and refinery projects in Iran by Turkish companies would prepare the ground for further cooperation.
Turkey believes that Tehran and Ankara should put a gas project to transport Iranian gas to Europe via Turkey on the agenda of mutual cooperation, Erdogan said in his meeting with Mottaki.