Turkey's Erdoğan has talks with Iran, Pakistan, others

Turkey's Erdoğan has talks with Iran, Pakistan, others.(TZ).Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had talks with leaders of Iran, Pakistan and other countries on the sidelines of a summit of the D-8 group of developing countries in the Pakistani capital on Thursday.
Erdoğan, who delivered a speech at the summit, discussed the 20-month-long crisis in Syria and the Gaza crisis with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Egytpian Vice President Mahmoud Mekky.
An Iranian news report recently stated that the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Egypt will hold a meeting at the same summit in Pakistan to discuss the current crisis in Syria.
A Turkish diplomatic official who spoke to Today's Zaman on condition of anonymity did not deny the report and added that Turkey was making preparations for the meeting. "It is still not definite whether the meeting will take place. If some logistical problems occur at the last moment, the meeting may not take place. But in any case, Turkey is making the necessary preparations for the meeting,” said the official.
The D-8 group comprises Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
According to another report, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has asked Pakistan to put the Middle East crises, including the Syrian crisis, on the agenda of the D-8 meeting.
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