The Turkish delegation on their way to their meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, met Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran at Atatürk Airport. In the meeting, the leaders declared their mutual solidarity feelings and agreed to meet in Tahran as soon as possible.
Perinçek emphasized that between Turkey and Iran there is a 1000 year old friendship and he gave examples from medieval Turkish literature describing this friendly relationship between the two peoples. He continued; “They love you in Turkey. Due to our old friendship, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon will work together and the region will come to peace. Be assured that in the near future, the real friends of Iran will govern Turkey.”
Ahmedinejad stated that he feels himself in Turkey as in his homeland and said “Many words and many traditions are common. We can overcome all our problems when Iran and Turkey works together. Western powers do not want Turkey and Iran to rise. We would be proud of Turkey’s rise.”
Barlas Doğu, Senior Advisor of Doğu Perinçek and Former Minister of National Defence, added “We know you from your challenging the USA in the UN meetings. With your upright stance you became an example for the entire world.”