Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), held in Antalya, Türkiye. According to Türkiye’s Presidential Communications Directorate, the two presidents discussed bilateral relations between Türkiye and Iran, as well as regional and international issues.
During the meeting, Erdoğan expressed hope that the disputes between Iran and the United States would end as soon as possible and that lasting peace would be achieved. He stressed the need to strengthen common ground and give diplomacy a chance to usher in a period of stability.
The Turkish president emphasized the importance of establishing a negotiating table without further wasting time, noting that Türkiye would continue supporting peace efforts in cooperation with the region’s brotherly countries.

In his address to the COP31 summit, Pezeshkian called for international mechanisms to assess and provide compensation for the environmental damage caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. He also met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the summit. The talks come amid reported U.S. efforts to revive discussions with Tehran.