DAVUTOGLU APOLOGIZED TO IRAN FOR ERDOGAN’S STATEMENTS

Panorama.am
09/04/2012

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu apologized to Iranians for Erdogan’s
offensive statements, Iranian news site “tabnak.ir” report says.

Ahmet Davutoglu had a telephone conversation with senior Iranian
statesmen, apologized for the offensive statements made by the PM
and offered to host Iran and 5+1 group meeting.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is quoted by “radiofarda.com”
as saying that an agreement has been reached that Istanbul will host
Iran and 5+1 group meeting on April 14.

Turkish PM offered to host the group meeting while paying a visit to
Iran. However, after Istanbul hosted the meeting of Friends of Syria,
Tehran refused to accept the initiative.