Tehran, June 18, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza in Antalya, a Turkish city on Mediterranean coast, on Friday.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of Antalya Diplomacy Forum slated for June 18-20 in Turkey.

Zarif departed for Turkey on Thursday (June 17) to take part in the forum.

As of yesterday in Turkey, Zarif has held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Afghanistan's Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani and some leaders of Islamic communities in Afghanistan.

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