Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday left for Turkey’s Istanbul for talks on bilateral relations and international issues, official IRNA news agency reported.
A high-ranking delegation accompanies Zarif during his one-day trip to the Turkish largest city, IRNA said.
Zarif is expected to meet his Turkish counterpart to discuss the current relations amid the anti-coronavirus efforts as well as major regional and international issues.
Iran and Turkey are considering reopening borders and resuming the flights which have been suspended since March over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zarif’s visit to Turkey and Russia would be his second diplomatic trip after a recent slowdown in the COVID-19 epidemic.
Zarif visited Syria last month and discussed cooperation amid the impacts of the coronavirus and mounting western sanction pressure on Syria.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry had earlier announced that Zarif also plans to visit Moscow on Monday.
Following his trip to Syria in April, this is Zarif’s second foreign visit after the first wave of coronavirus.
Iran, Russia and Turkey, as guarantors of the Astana Process, are working to reinforce the Syrian-Syrian dialogue and let Syrians decide their future by establishing de-escalation zones, forming a constitutional committee, and following up on the dialogue process and national reconciliation.
