President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on Monday insisted he was
still planning to
visit Iran next week,
despite a war-of-words with the Islamic republic triggered by the Yemen crisis and his accusations Tehran was seeking domination of the region. Majority Sunni Muslim Turkey has said it supports the Saudi-led operation against Iran-allied Huthi Shiite rebels in Yemen to restore order in the country. Meanwhile
Iran an**unced Monday it had "invited" the Turkish envoy to the foreign ministry for an explanation after
Erdogan said last week that Tehran's bid for domination of the region could ** longer be tolerated. "We are keeping the programme of our
visit (to Iran) but we are watching developments in Yemen,"
Erdogan told reporters at Istanbul airport before heading on a
visit to Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania.
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