TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Friday that expansion of all-out relations with neighbors, including Turkey, is of strategic significance to Iran, Mehr reported.

Vaezi made the remark in a meeting with Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan on his visit to Turkey ahead of the upcoming visit of President Hassan Rouhani to the country to meet his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

He further said the current atmosphere of relations between the two sides gives hope for further efforts and a quicker pace to reach the desired level in trade and economic transactions.

MH/PA