Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a phone conversation with Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu, spokesperson for State Department Victoria Nuland told briefing on Friday.

The sides discussed the issues related to Iran and Turkey’s membership in the EU.      

State Department’s representative said the United States has long supported Turkey’s aspirations to join the European Union.

“Turkey is – we have encouraged Turkey to pursue the political and economic reforms that are necessary for EU accession. And we think that the accession process itself strengthens Turkey, strengthens the European Union. I’m not prepared to parse the EU’s report, if that’s what you’re asking for. But we would like to see the – Turkey be a member of the EU,” said Nuland.