President Ebrahim Raisi says the region does not need�foreigners' meddling because its problems should be resolved�through intraregional interaction.

"We insist that the region's problems should be resolved among the regional countries themselves and through active participation of the countries [of the region]," Raisi said during a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.

"[Therefore] there is no need for foreigners' interference," the Iranian statesman added.

'Iran-Turkey cooperation to enter a new stage'

Addressing the issue of the bilateral ties, the president then announced that the countries were to hold a joint meeting in Tehran in the near future, and that their cooperation was to enter a "new stage."

Raisi also underlined the importance of the states' bilateral cooperation in the area of fighting terrorism, saying, "The chief way of fighting terrorism consists in [according] respect to [various] countries' sovereignty."

 

Source: Press TV