Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Turkey on Saturday morning March 19 leading an Iranian delegation.
Following separate meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Zarif said the two countries have reached an accord in areas of oil and gas.
“Iran and Turkey see eye to eye on various issues including the need to preserve territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria, boosting cooperation in the fields of energy, oil and gas, transportation and tourism as well as joint investment,” he added.
The International Court of Arbitration court ruled against Iran in its gas dispute with Turkey in February, 2016.
Turkey, which buys around 10 billion cubic meters of gas from Iran, opened two separate cases against Iran in 2012. One of the files was over higher gas prices and another was over deficiencies in gas distribution. In the second case, the court sided with Iran.
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