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Iran-Turkey seek broader security co-op
Istanbul, Dec 25, IRNA – Visiting Interior Minister of Iran Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar and his Turkish counterpart Bashir Atalai met here Friday night to discuss ways to broaden security cooperation.
Mohammad-Najjar who is in Istanbul to take part at the Third ECO Interior Ministers Conference in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart at the end of the gathering exchanged viewpoints with him on latest bilateral and regional developments.
Najjar, appreciating Turkey’s fine hospitality said that Iran is ready for expansion of cooperation with Turkey in line with the articles of the closing ceremony declaration of the ECO Interior Ministers Conference.
Emphasizing the need for broader cooperation between both countries and the continuation of joint security cooperation commission, Mohammad-Najjar asked for further activation of security cooperation between the neighboring provinces of the two countries.
Turkey’s Interior Minister Bashir Atalai, too, expressing satisfaction over the process of security cooperation of the two countries, asked for a meeting between the deputy interior ministers of the two countries to see into the implementation of the reached agreements at the Joint Security Commission in near future.
The interior ministers of both states, emphasizing the need for speedy implementation of the articles of the Friday Istanbul Ministerial Eco Final Declaration, announced they would spare no efforts aimed at achieving that objective.
The two ministers also had a separate meeting with his Pakistani counterpart in which the two sides exchanged ideas on bilateral security cooperation, particularly aimed at uprooting terrorism in southeast Iran’s shared border with Pakistan.
It is stated in Istanbul Ministerial Eco Final Declaration, “The Third Ministerial Eco Conference considers terrorism as a serious threat against the regional peace and stability of ECO member states and stresses the need also to fight against the trafficking of narcotic drugs and all other types of organized crime.”
Elsewhere in the communiqué we read, “The ECO member countries denounce all types of terrorist attacks in ECO region, particularly the recent terrorist attack in Chabahar, Iran.”
The Final Communiqué adds, “We are seriously concerned about the negative effects of such ultra-border crimes as terrorism, narcotic drugs and illegal weapons trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, illegal immigration, sea piracy, and cyber crimes that have affected the process of development and stability in the region, and believe we need to expand cooperation within ECO member states to solve these problems through broader bilateral and multilateral cooperation.”
Establishment of the ECO Information Bank, expansion of cooperation among the police forces of the ECO member countries and exchange of the necessary information between the border guards of the member states aimed at establishing effective control systems at the borders are among the other achievements of the ministerial gathering.
Mohammad-Najjar who arrived in Istanbul heading a top delegation would depart the Turkish Capital city for Tehran later Friday night.
The first and the second ECO ministerial meetings were held respectively in Tehran and Ashkhabad./end
Mohammad-Najjar who is in Istanbul to take part at the Third ECO Interior Ministers Conference in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart at the end of the gathering exchanged viewpoints with him on latest bilateral and regional developments.
Najjar, appreciating Turkey’s fine hospitality said that Iran is ready for expansion of cooperation with Turkey in line with the articles of the closing ceremony declaration of the ECO Interior Ministers Conference.
Emphasizing the need for broader cooperation between both countries and the continuation of joint security cooperation commission, Mohammad-Najjar asked for further activation of security cooperation between the neighboring provinces of the two countries.
Turkey’s Interior Minister Bashir Atalai, too, expressing satisfaction over the process of security cooperation of the two countries, asked for a meeting between the deputy interior ministers of the two countries to see into the implementation of the reached agreements at the Joint Security Commission in near future.
The interior ministers of both states, emphasizing the need for speedy implementation of the articles of the Friday Istanbul Ministerial Eco Final Declaration, announced they would spare no efforts aimed at achieving that objective.
The two ministers also had a separate meeting with his Pakistani counterpart in which the two sides exchanged ideas on bilateral security cooperation, particularly aimed at uprooting terrorism in southeast Iran’s shared border with Pakistan.
It is stated in Istanbul Ministerial Eco Final Declaration, “The Third Ministerial Eco Conference considers terrorism as a serious threat against the regional peace and stability of ECO member states and stresses the need also to fight against the trafficking of narcotic drugs and all other types of organized crime.”
Elsewhere in the communiqué we read, “The ECO member countries denounce all types of terrorist attacks in ECO region, particularly the recent terrorist attack in Chabahar, Iran.”
The Final Communiqué adds, “We are seriously concerned about the negative effects of such ultra-border crimes as terrorism, narcotic drugs and illegal weapons trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, illegal immigration, sea piracy, and cyber crimes that have affected the process of development and stability in the region, and believe we need to expand cooperation within ECO member states to solve these problems through broader bilateral and multilateral cooperation.”
Establishment of the ECO Information Bank, expansion of cooperation among the police forces of the ECO member countries and exchange of the necessary information between the border guards of the member states aimed at establishing effective control systems at the borders are among the other achievements of the ministerial gathering.
Mohammad-Najjar who arrived in Istanbul heading a top delegation would depart the Turkish Capital city for Tehran later Friday night.
The first and the second ECO ministerial meetings were held respectively in Tehran and Ashkhabad./end
