The hell we'll appoint an envoy to Turkey
The officials were responding to a story in Turkey’s Today’s Zaman saying that Israel has decided to name Rafi Schutz, the Foreign Ministry’s deputy director-general for Europe, as its next envoy, even though there is no indication that the countries plan to exchanging ambassadors any time soon.
One ministry official said that a meeting of the ministry’s appointment committee is scheduled for Thursday, and that Turkey is not on the agenda.
“We are not there yet,” the official said.
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Ministry officials categorically dismissed the claim, expressed by analysts cited in the Today’s Zaman article, that Israel was trying to “corner Turkey by announcing a name to be appointed to Ankara – a move that aims to present Turkey as the party which has no will to normalize relations.”
“This is complete nonsense,” the official said.
“There is no such thing as forcing an upgrade of ties. Downgrading relations can be done unilaterally, but upgrading the ties – by definition – is something that needs to be bilateral.”
The report of Schutz’s supposed appointment followed a Foreign Ministry-sponsored visit here at the end of last month by eight Turkish journalists who, according to one official, misconstrued what was said at one of the meetings.Well, at least we've found the courage to stand up to someone....
Labels: Mavi Marmara, Turkey, Turkish obsession with Israel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:32 AM
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