TEHRAN
Turkey's Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday said that the current structure of the United Nations did not meet the requirements of today and that the organization had to be reformed.
Speaking to the Anadolu Agency (AA) in Tehran, Iran where he is attending the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, Cevdet Yilmaz said that Turkey joined the summit as a special guest since it was not a member of the movement.
"Iranian officials underlined that the UN system was not just and democratic," Yilmaz said.
"This is an issue that we bring up from time to time as well. There are countries with veto power and others without such a power. The structure of the UN was designed after the Second World War and does not meet the requirements of today's world. We believe that the UN needs to be reformed," Yilmaz stressed.
"The UN needs to be more inclusive and facilitate more fair representation," Yilmaz noted.
Touching on Turkish-Iranian relations, Cevdet Yilmaz said that the two countries needed to do more commerce with each other and promote their relations in the socio-economic field.
Turkish-Iranian trade volume in the first six months of 2012 was recorded as 12.5 billion USD. The trade volume is expected to reach 20 billion USD by the end of 2012.
