Turkish foreign minister to visit Iran for nuke talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran today for talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. The Turkish Foreign Minister will hold two-day consultations with his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi about Iran's nuclear program as well as developments in Iraq and Syria. According to the statement, the talks are part of regular meetings between the two countries' foreign ministers held twice a year. However, the visit comes amid increased friction between the two neighboring nations over Turkey's decision to host a NATO missile system designed to counter Iranian missile threats, and also over their opposing views on the Syrian uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad. (QNA)