ANKARA —
Iranian Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Ankara on Monday
after Tehran dismissed as “ridiculous” allegations by Israel that the Islamic
republic was planning anti-Israeli attacks in Turkey.
اضافة اعلان
Amir-Abdollahian
“will pay a visit to Turkey” on Monday for talks on bilateral issues as well as
current regional and international developments,” the Turkish foreign ministry
said in a statement.
The visit comes
four days after Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid — set to assume the helm
of a caretaker government — thanked Turkey for foiling an alleged Iranian
assassination plot against its citizens in Istanbul.
Last week,
Turkey detained eight members of an alleged Iranian cell.
“We are full of
appreciation for the Turkish government for this professional and coordinated
activity,” Lapid said after talks in
Ankara Thursday designed to highlight a
thaw in relations between the two occasional regional rivals.
On Friday, Iran
denied the “baseless” claims.
“The baseless
allegations ... are ridiculous and part of a pre-designed plot to destroy relations
between the two Muslim countries,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh
said in a statement.
Israel last week
called on its citizens to leave Turkey because of “real and immediate danger”.
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