Erdogan tells Iran's top diplomat resuming talks only way to solve nuclear dispute
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told Iran's foreign minister that resuming Iranian-US talks on Tehran's nuclear program was the only way to achieve a solution to their dispute and the conflict with Israel, the Turkish presidency said.
Erdogan met Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Istanbul. In a statement, his office noted that Erdogan said Israel had to be stopped immediately.
Erdogan said Turkey was ready to play a facilitator role to help resume the nuclear talks, adding 'steps should be taken as soon as possible to open up diplomacy via technical and leaders-level talks between Iran and the US,' his office added.
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