Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu have met in Bahrain and stressed the need to find ways to expand bilateral ties, Press TV reported.
Mottaki met with his Turkish counterpart on Friday night on the sidelines of a major annual security conference in Manama, IRNA reported.
The two discussed the latest regional developments and called for the expansion of collaboration between the two neighboring countries.
The two also discussed the potential areas for mutual cooperation and pledged to find new ways to work together for their mutual benefit.
Mottaki arrived in Bahrain on Friday morning to attend the Manama Dialogue at the city's Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel. He was accompanied by a high-ranking delegation.
The three-day conference, which is organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), will address some of the key challenges facing the Middle East, including the future of Yemen, Iraq, and the role of foreign powers in regional conflicts.
At the opening ceremony, Mottaki will deliver a speech following King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Mottaki will elaborate on Iran's views about security cooperation of regional states and will hold talks with Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman al-Khalifa and separately meet with his Yemeni and Jordanian counterparts on the sidelines of the Manama conference.
Iran also participated in the event last year. This year's conference runs until Sunday.
Experts and representatives from Australia, Britain, France, India, Japan, Russia, the United States and Turkey as well as the United Nations and NATO are attending.
According to informed Bahraini sources, the examination of the documents released by the controversial website WikiLeaks will be one of the focal points of the meeting.
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