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Ahmadinejad, Erdogan exchange views on fuel swap plan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 23, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone conversation, discussed the latest developments on Tehran Declaration on nuclear fuel swap.

Talking over phone, President Ahmadinejad said that the Declarartion is a new era in political and international developments and is an appropriate opportunity for moving toward interaction and dialogue for everybody.

He called role of Turkey and Brazil in Tehran Declaration 'important and decisive' and said that Tehran, by continuing interaction and cooperation with friendly countries, is trying to create a new atmosphere in international relations upon constructive cooperation and justice.

President Ahmadinejad stressed that, in the international interactions, all countries should be able to use peaceful nuclear energy and nobody should have an atomic weapon.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented a report on his consultations and measures he had taken on Tehran Declaration and underlined that coordination and consultation with Iranian senior officials will continue.

He said that Turkey will do its best to make Tehran Declaration a valuable opportunity for the international community.

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