Security Meeting Between Turkey And Iran

VAN - The 38th ''sub-security meeting'' was held between Turkey and Iran on Wednesday.
Governor of Khvoy of Iran Mohammad Emin Rizazade and other officials, who came to Van from Iran to attend the meeting held once every three months, met Van Governor Hikmet Tan.
Governor Tan told reporters, ''Van province has 285 km of border with Iran, thus, meetings continue with officials of Iran's Urumiyah, Khvoy and Salmas cities about border security.''
Reminding, ''Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Iran, had meetings with Iranian officials on activities of terrorist organization'' Tan said, ''We will discuss activities of PKK terrorist organization, illicit drug and human trafficking which are high on the agenda.''
Under Ankara Agreement which was signed between Turkey and Iran, two countries have held sub-security meetings once every three months in border cities of Iran and Turkey since 1995.
(GC-ULG) 18.08.2004