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TURKEY MULLS SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 21, 2011 - 17:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey is considering imposing sanctions against
Syria for its brutal crackdown on the country's uprising and is
coordinating its efforts with the United States, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying Wednesday, September 21.
According to AP, Erdogan also told Turkish journalists after talks
with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York late Tuesday, that he
is no longer in contact with Syria's leadership.
"I have cut all contacts with the Syrian administration," the state-run
Anatolia quoted Erdogan as saying. "We never wanted things to arrive
at this point, but unfortunately, the Syrian administration has forced
us to take such a decision."
Earlier this month, Turkey hosted a group of Syrian opposition figures
who declared a 140-member Syrian National Council in an effort to
present a united front against President Bashir Assad. Some 7,500
Syrians are seeking refuge from the violence in six camps in Turkey,
near the border.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 21, 2011 - 17:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey is considering imposing sanctions against
Syria for its brutal crackdown on the country's uprising and is
coordinating its efforts with the United States, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying Wednesday, September 21.
According to AP, Erdogan also told Turkish journalists after talks
with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York late Tuesday, that he
is no longer in contact with Syria's leadership.
"I have cut all contacts with the Syrian administration," the state-run
Anatolia quoted Erdogan as saying. "We never wanted things to arrive
at this point, but unfortunately, the Syrian administration has forced
us to take such a decision."
Earlier this month, Turkey hosted a group of Syrian opposition figures
who declared a 140-member Syrian National Council in an effort to
present a united front against President Bashir Assad. Some 7,500
Syrians are seeking refuge from the violence in six camps in Turkey,
near the border.