Turkish Foreign Minister announced that Turkey will host new rounds of talks between Iran and the world powers, a couple of days after returning from Tehran

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that Turkey will host new rounds of talks between Iran and the world powers, a couple of days after returning from a visit to Tehran, according to Tehran Times.

In a recent interview with the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Davutoglu said negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program will be resumed in Turkey with the 5+1 group (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany) in the near future. 

Davutoglu indicated earlier at a press conference held in Ankara that “the Iranian side said they were determined and agreed to resume talks. We hope that the talks would begin soon with mutual will and goodwill. Turkey was ready to make every type of contribution to this matter”.

During his visit to Tehran on Thursday, Davutoglu and his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi held a joint press conference, at which the Iranian foreign minister said that Turkey had announced its readiness to host a new round of Iranian nuclear talks with the world powers. In his two-day visit, the Turkish FM met with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.