Turkey's Erdogan tells Iran's Pazeshkian that continuing nuclear talks useful

Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan meet at SCO summit in Tianjin
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Source: Sputnik

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday that he believes it was useful for Tehran to continue nuclear negotiations and that Ankara would maintain its support for Iran on the matter, Turkey's presidency said.

In a meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in China, Erdogan also said that cooperation between the neighbours, namely in energy, was to the benefit of both sides, the presidency said in a statement.

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