Iran, Turkey sign MoU to promote good neighborliness, security on border


Devdiscourse News Desk | Tehran | Updated: 06-08-2019 20:31 IST | Created: 06-08-2019 20:24 IST
Iran, Turkey sign MoU to promote good neighborliness, security on border
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Iran and Turkey have signed Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday to enhance border cooperation, according to Iranian media organization Mehr News Agency. The inking of the cooperation has come as a result of the meeting held today between the commander of Iranian border guard command in the northwestern governorate of Maku in West Azerbaijan Province, Colonel Shirzad Hajizadeh and the Provincial governor of Turkey’s Van Province Mehmet Emin Bilmez.

 During the meeting, the two sides stressed good neighborliness and security on the shared borders and signed a memorandum of understanding to increase bilateral border cooperation. 

Hajizadeh reportedly said that the Iranian security forces spare no efforts to protect the borders, adding that both countries’ border guards will intensify their efforts to protect the security of the shared borders and fight against smuggling. 

Mehmet Emin Bilmez called for the continuation of the visits and friendship between the two countries, saying that the exchange of visits and signed bilateral agreements will have a positive role in enhancing security at the shared borders. 

At the end of the meeting, the officials decided to hold such meetings every 6-month in each other’s territories.

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