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.
03-31-2015, 09:36 AM
Erdogan says Iran visit still on despite 'domination' row
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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