Recep Tayyip Erdogan
'I don't believe that any further sanctions will yield results,' Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists in Riyadh on Tuesday, adding that earlier rounds of sanctions 'never yielded results'.
The Turkish prime minister insisted that Iran's nuclear rights should be respected.
'We believe there should be cooperation, not polarization, in the region. We support dialogue and diplomacy to solve the problem of Iran's nuclear program,' Erdogan said.
'During the solution process, Iran should be given the right to have civil nuclear energy meant for peaceful purposes. On the other hand, we want the Middle East to be turned into a nuclear weapons-free zone,' the Turkish prime minister said.
Tehran has repeatedly declared that it will not relinquish the legitimate nuclear rights of the Iranian nation, no matter how much pressure the West imposes.
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