Turkey refuses US request for help with 'peace process'
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu this week, asking for Turkey's help in restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported on Saturday.
Turkey turned down the request citing bad relations between Ankara and Jerusalem and saying the responsibility to fix the murky relations between the two countries falls on Israel.
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"Turkey is always ready to do whatever it needs for a fair two-state solution based on the 1967 borders,” Davutoglu said during a joint press conference with Kerry in Ankara on March 1.
"If Israel wants to hear positive statements from Turkey, it needs to review its attitude. It needs to review its attitude toward us, and it needs to review its attitude toward the people in the region and especially the West Bank settlements issue," the Turkish foreign minister said.I wonder why anyone expected a different answer...
Labels: John Kerry, Middle East peace process, Turkish obsession with Israel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:34 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Carl.
They 'evaded' answering the letter from congress as well.
http://www.mfs-theothernews.com/2013/03/ankara-reacts-evading-to-call-from-us.html
I really have to wonder aloud if our leaders are clinically retarded.
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