Iran, Turkey ink agreement on telecommunications cooperation

Iran and Turkey has signed an agreement on telecommunications cooperation in the 2nd meeting of joint commission on telecommunications held in Turkey.

Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Soleimani and Turkey’s Minister of Transportation and Communications Binali Yildirim signed the agreement.

Soleimani, heading a top delegation, arrived in the Turkish capital city of Ankara Wednesday night to pay a two-day official visit to the country to hold the 2nd meeting of Iran-Turkey joint commission on telecommunications.

A member of the Iranian delegation told IRNA that Tehran and Ankara are determined to improve cooperation in the international arenas, particularly in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Ahmad Pour-Rahimnia said Turkey, according to the agreement, would use Iran’s telecommunications network to connect itself to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran's neighbors as well as the Persian Gulf littoral states.

He added Iran will instead use the Turkish telecommunications network to connect to the western states as well as Turkey itself.

The Iranian communications minister had already met with Turkey’s Minister of Industry and Trade Zafar Caglayan.

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