Turkey places great importance on maintaining peace and stability in the region: Erdoğan to Pezeshkian

In a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Ankara is ready to take on a mediating role to expedite the resolution of the Israel-Iran conflict and to return to negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program, the Office of the Turkish president said after the call.

“President Erdoğan noted that he has had several contacts with foreign leaders regarding the Israel-Iran conflict and that Turkey is ready to assume a mediating role to quickly end the conflict and resume talks on the nuclear program,” reads the statement.

Erdoğan also told Pezeshkian that “Turkey places great importance on maintaining peace and stability in the region.”

The presidents of Turkey and Iran previously had a phone conversation on June 14. On the night of June 13, Israel launched a military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear program. A day later, the Islamic Republic responded with a retaliatory attack. In the following days, Israel and Iran exchanged new strikes, with both sides reporting casualties from the attacks.