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Tue, 11/25/2008 - 18:10
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Access to peaceful nuclear energy Iran's absolute right - Turkish MP

Ankara, Nov 25, IRNA-Turkish Head of Iran-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group, Ahmad Yenal, in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali-Akbar Aqaei here Monday considered access to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes "entire countries' right", including Iran's.

According to IRNA correspondent in Ankara, Yenal made the comment in a
meeting Monday afternoon with the members of the Iran's Majlis
friendship delegation that had arrived in Turkey on Sunday evening,
further emphasizing, "Having access to nuclear technology for peaceful
purposes is the Islamic Republic of Iran's absolute right." Member of
Turkey's National Parliament referring to the growing trend of
Iran-Turkey economic relations and the two countries' presidents'
emphasis in addition to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's will to increase the annual trade volume to 20 billion,
reiterated, "The Turkish Parliament would do all its best for
achieving that objective."
Yenal referred to the increasing trend of the Turkish side's
investments in Iran, saying, "In the course of the upcoming years that
increasing trend would be further accelerated."
The Iranian head of the two countries' Parliamentary Friendship Group
Ali-Akbar Aqaei, too, during the meeting referred to the current
improving trend of the two countries' relations, asking for
facilitating the process of cooperation in economic field,
particularly in border trade, railroad cooperation, and implementation
of the railroad project around Van Lake and improvident of the two
countries' air routes.

Referring to the Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani's invitation of
his Turkish counterpart Kuksal Tuptan for an official visit to Iran,
he said, "We are after increasing the bonuses in bilateral cooperation
and elimination of the obstacles thereby.


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