Tuzmen meets with top Iranian officials

State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, accompanied by a delegation visiting Tehran for a Turkey-Iran Economic Cooperation Seminar, yesterday met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. During their talks, Tuzmen urged the Iranian official to let Turkish banks do business within the country. "If Turkish banks opened branches in Iran, this would greatly serve the trade ties between our countries." said Tuzmen. He also held talks with Iranian Commerce Minister Massoud Mir-Kazemi to discuss the problems Turkish businessmen face in Iran, and ask his support for solutions. Tuzmen was also received by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.