Araz News:Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri  discussed issues of mutual interest with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday 16 Aug 2017.

yesterday, Iran’s chief of general staff arrived in Ankara for a three-day visit  to discuss shared fears of Kurdish separatism with Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar and  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

it should be noted that details of the discussion and the meeting between the visiting top Iranian commander and the Turkish president have not been already released.

In a meeting with Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Wednesday, Baqeri stressed respecting sovereign states’ territorial integrity.

He added that adopting the policy of non-interference guarantees security, peace and stability of the region.

Baqeri arrived in Ankara on Tuesday for an official three-day visit and met with his Turkish counterpart General Hulusi Akar.

Major General Baqeri and the accompanying delegation are in Turkey at invitation of chief of the General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces.

Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, “citing border security and the fight against terror,” told Iran’s official news agency, “This trip was necessary for better consultation and cooperation on various military and regional issues.” The visit comes ahead of a sixth round of talks between Turkey, Iran and Russia to establish so-called de-escalation zones in Syria. That meeting is planned to be held by the end of August in the Kazakh capital, Astana. It also comes a week before US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is slated to travel to Ankara, part of a regional tour. Officials involved in its planning told Al-Monitor the trip will include stops in Iraq and Qatar.