Iran summons Turkey’s ambassador over Erdogan’s ‘meddlesome’ remarks

Iran has summoned Turkey’s Ambassador Derya Ors to formally complain about remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan which Tehran views as ‘unacceptably meddlesome’ with regard to the issue of the separation of Azerbaijan.

According to Press TV, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Friday that the ministry’s director general for Eurasian affairs voiced the Islamic Republic’s “strong protest” and called for an “immediate explanation” from the government in Ankara.

The director general told the ambassador that the “era of territorial claims and warmongering and expansionist empires has long ended,” Khatibzadeh said.

“The Turkish ambassador was also reminded that the Islamic Republic would never allow anyone to interfere in its territorial integrity… and will never compromise on its national security.”

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