Press TV - Governor of the Central Bank of Iran says Tehran, Moscow and Ankara have agreed on a number of economic measures like removing the US dollar from their mutual transactions as part of efforts to expand their trade relations amid Washington�s pressure. �

The agreement was made on the sidelines of a key trilateral summit on Syria held in Tehran on Friday and attended by Iranian, Russian and Turkish presidents, Abdolreza�Hemmati�said.

�During the Friday summit, I along with Iranian oil minister held beneficial and constructive meetings with the economic officials of Russia and Turkey with the three presidents in attendance,� he noted.

According to Hemmati, the main topics discussed during the meetings included oil and gas prices, basic commodities sales, expansion of banking ties, conducting financial transactions by the countries� national currencies instead of the US dollar and strengthening of bilateral�economic relations.

Hemmati went on to say that he will follow up on the agreements in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow in the near future.

The government of Iran had announced plans to circumvent restrictions on accessing the US currency amid tensions with Washington.