Turkey, Iran to discuss deployment of NATO missile defense shield

Turkish and Iranian experts will discuss the deployment of NATO's early-warning radar system in Turkey, CNN Turk quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Saturday.

Salehi is now on visit to Ankara.

On Sept. 2, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal announced the country's intention to host the apparatus in its territory. Following Ankara's announcement, Russia criticized the plan and denounced NATO's efforts to advance eastward.


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