Expansion of Iran-Turkey cultural cooperation

"Iran and Turkey enjoy very rich cultural reserves and can transfer this reserves through dialogue with each other," Yardim said, addressing the meeting of Iran-Turkey Civilization Dialogue here in Tehran Wednesday. "Iran and Turkey need cultural cooperation with each other in the world, and in the Middle-East region in particular, in order for development of the region," the envoy stated, and called on the both countries' elites and leaders to use mutual cultural, economic and political grounds. Elsewhere, he said that Iran and Turkey are determined to boost their trade exchanges to $30bln in the near future. Iran and Turkey have in recent years increased their cooperation in all the various fields of economy, security, trade, education, energy and culture. The two sides have exchanged several politico-economic delegations during the last few months.