Ahmadinejad cancels Turkey visit
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency says Iranian President
Mahmud Ahmadinejad has canceled a planned visit to Turkey's central
Anatolian Konya Province, Radio Liberty reported.
The cancellation was announced amid tensions between Turkey and
Iran over the Syrian conflict and other issues.
Anadolu quoted diplomatic sources as saying Ahmadinejad could not
make the trip because of scheduling problems.
Ahmadinejad had been invited to Konya by Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan to take part in ceremonies marking the death of
Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi mystic.
Turkey has called for President Bashar al-Assad of neighboring
Syria to leave power, while Iran has remained an ally of the Syrian
regime.
Iran has denounced NATO's deployment of Patriot missiles, which can
shoot down aircraft or missiles, along Turkey's border with
Syria.
Turkey relies on energy imports from Iran.