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DAVUTOGLU SAYS TURKEY OPPOSES TO ANY ATTACK ON IRAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 14, 2011 - 12:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey strongly opposes any military strike on
Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said last weekend,
warning that speculation risks destabilizing the region.
"We do not think it is right even to talk of possible military
intervention in the region. We are against such intervention and
believe it would create more instability," Davutoglu said at a press
conference before his departure to Serbia for a formal visit.
Davutoglu said Turkey could not accept even "the slightest chance
of any military intervention" in the region, "not only this or that
country, the whole region must be free of nuclear weapons. It is
unacceptable that countries suspected of having nuclear weapons cause
new tension in our region."
His comments came amid speculation that Israel could launch a strike on
Iran with President Shimon Peres warning last weekend that an attack
was becoming "more and more likely." Tehran responded by threatening
to hit back against any attack or even the threat of military action.
The Turkish Foreign Minister called on both Iran and the UN atomic
agency to be "clear and open" in their allegations and responses.
"Allegations by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran's
answers to those allegations should be crystal clear. We cannot afford
ambiguities and unnecessary tensions on this issue," Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu said talks between Iran and Western countries should resume
at once over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. He also said Turkey supported
the contents of a letter sent by EU's High Representative Catherine
Ashton to Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 14, 2011 - 12:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey strongly opposes any military strike on
Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said last weekend,
warning that speculation risks destabilizing the region.
"We do not think it is right even to talk of possible military
intervention in the region. We are against such intervention and
believe it would create more instability," Davutoglu said at a press
conference before his departure to Serbia for a formal visit.
Davutoglu said Turkey could not accept even "the slightest chance
of any military intervention" in the region, "not only this or that
country, the whole region must be free of nuclear weapons. It is
unacceptable that countries suspected of having nuclear weapons cause
new tension in our region."
His comments came amid speculation that Israel could launch a strike on
Iran with President Shimon Peres warning last weekend that an attack
was becoming "more and more likely." Tehran responded by threatening
to hit back against any attack or even the threat of military action.
The Turkish Foreign Minister called on both Iran and the UN atomic
agency to be "clear and open" in their allegations and responses.
"Allegations by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran's
answers to those allegations should be crystal clear. We cannot afford
ambiguities and unnecessary tensions on this issue," Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu said talks between Iran and Western countries should resume
at once over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. He also said Turkey supported
the contents of a letter sent by EU's High Representative Catherine
Ashton to Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.