Salehi phones Davutoglu to demand help

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu received a phone call over the weekend from his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi, who has demanded him to take an action to help set free the 48 Iranian pilgrims who had been abducted in Syria two months before. During the conversation, Salehi called for the Turkish government’s "serious assistance" in securing the release of the Iranian pilgrims. For his part, Davutoglu assured Salehi of the Turkish government’s continued efforts for securing the release of the Iranian pilgrims.