Ahmadinejad-Erdogan exchange views on fuel swap plan

Tehran, May 23, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone conversation, discussed the latest developments on Tehran Declaration on nuclear fuel swap.

In their talks, President Ahmadinejad said that the Tehran Declarartion is a new era in political and international developments and is an appropriate opportunity for moving toward interaction and dialog for everybody.

He called Turkey-Brazil role in the Tehran Declaration 'important and decisive' saying that Tehran, by continuing interaction and cooperation with friendly countries, is trying to create a new atmosphere in international relations based upon constructive cooperation and justice.

President Ahmadinejad stressed that, in the international interactions, all countries should be able to use peaceful nuclear energy and none should possess an atomic weapon.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for his part, presented a report on his consultations and measures he had taken on the Tehran Declaration, underlining that coordination and consultation with Iranian senior officials will continue.

He said that Turkey will do its best to make the Tehran Declaration a valuable opportunity for the international community./end