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    CLINTON CALLS TURKEY 'EMERGING GLOBAL POWER' IN FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS

    Today's Zaman
    July 16 2009
    Turkey

    Voicing Washington's eagerness for engaging in a full partnership with
    Ankara, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has termed Turkey an
    "emerging global power" along with countries such as China and Russia.

    Clinton's remarks came in a foreign policy address delivered on
    Wednesday at a leading Washington-based think tank, the Council on
    Foreign Relations.

    "We are working with our key treaty allies Japan and Korea, Australia,
    Thailand, the Philippines and other partners to strengthen our
    bilateral relationships as well as with trans-Pacific institutions. We
    are both a trans-Atlantic and a trans-Pacific nation," Clinton said.

    "We will also put special emphasis on encouraging major and emerging
    global powers -- China, India, Russia and Brazil, as well as Turkey,
    Indonesia and South Africa -- to be full partners in tackling
    the global agenda. I want to underscore the importance of this
    task, and my personal commitment to it. These states are vital to
    achieving solutions to shared problems and advancing our priorities --
    nonproliferation, counterterrorism, economic growth, climate change,
    among others. With these states, we will stand firm on our principles
    even as we seek common ground," she added.

    Clinton paid an official visit to Ankara in March, ahead of a landmark
    visit by US President Barack Obama which took place in April. Clinton
    and her then-counterpart, Ali Babacan, issued a joint statement during
    the former's visit vowing that their countries will consult each other
    and cooperate closely on a wide array of issues ranging from peace
    in the Middle East and Cyprus to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement and
    energy security.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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