Recent tensions between the two nations emerged after the Turkish leader recited an Azerbaijani poem at the military parade in Baku, which Iran claimed had “separatist” undertones.
Ankara condemns the “offensive language” used against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey, the Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday, citing Turkish Presidency Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.
Altun referred to the statements recently made by some Iranian officials concerning the Azerbaijani poem Erdogan recited when attending the victory parade in Baku held to mark the end of the Karabakh war. The poem refers to what Iranian Azeris call the separation of Iranian Azerbaijan, a region in northwestern Iran, from the Republic of Azerbaijan by the Aras River.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu has assured Iranian Foreign Minisiter Javad Zarif that Turkey and President Erdogan respect Iran’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Zarif slammed the recited lines on Friday as referring to “forcible separation of areas north of Aras from Iranian motherland”.
According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Erdogan had not been aware of “sensitivities surrounding the lines” of the poem he recited in Baku.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
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