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Israel, Turkey to hold another round of talks to mend ties
July 9, 2011 - 12:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Having failed to resolve their differences during
three-day talks this week, Turkey and Israel will hold another round
of negotiations later this month in New York, Hürriyet Daily News
reported.
`The talks are expected to be concluded in late July,' said Ã-zdem
Sanberk, the Turkish member of the UN panel investigating the Israeli
raid on the aid ship Mavi Marmara.
The schedule of the next round of negotiations is not set yet but the
talks will take place in New York, said Sanberk. `There has been no
change in the negotiating team.' Turkey was represented in this week's
talks by Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun SinirlioÄ?lu,
Ambassador Mithat Rende and Sanberk.
The UN panel, which includes two international experts as well as
Turkish and Israeli representatives, is expected to submit its report
to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before July 27. The two countries'
officials are supposed to resolve the deadlock by that time.
Both Turkey and Israel see a window of opportunity to mend fences amid
the regional unrest.
Observers say a compromise will benefit both sides, increasing
Ankara's leverage as a UN vote on Palestinian statehood looms in
September and expanding its room to maneuver in regional peace
mediation efforts.
July 9, 2011 - 12:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Having failed to resolve their differences during
three-day talks this week, Turkey and Israel will hold another round
of negotiations later this month in New York, Hürriyet Daily News
reported.
`The talks are expected to be concluded in late July,' said Ã-zdem
Sanberk, the Turkish member of the UN panel investigating the Israeli
raid on the aid ship Mavi Marmara.
The schedule of the next round of negotiations is not set yet but the
talks will take place in New York, said Sanberk. `There has been no
change in the negotiating team.' Turkey was represented in this week's
talks by Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun SinirlioÄ?lu,
Ambassador Mithat Rende and Sanberk.
The UN panel, which includes two international experts as well as
Turkish and Israeli representatives, is expected to submit its report
to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before July 27. The two countries'
officials are supposed to resolve the deadlock by that time.
Both Turkey and Israel see a window of opportunity to mend fences amid
the regional unrest.
Observers say a compromise will benefit both sides, increasing
Ankara's leverage as a UN vote on Palestinian statehood looms in
September and expanding its room to maneuver in regional peace
mediation efforts.