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ERDOGAN: TURKEY IS SLAVE TO 5 PERMANENT SEAT HOLDERS
Tert.am
11:47 28.09.11
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given an exclusive
interview to the British Times on the sidelines of the UN General
Assembly's meeting in New York.
The premier addressed the Turkish Israeli relations, the Palestinian
issue, the US-Turkey relations, the Arab Spring and the developments
in Syria.
Erdogan expressed discontent with the Middle East Quartet (Russia,
US, EU and UM) dealing with the Palestinian issue, accusing the latter
of not being sincere.
"If the Quartet was so willing to resolve this issue, they would have
imposed certain issues on Israel today. Until today, the UN Security
Council has issued more than 89 resolutions on prospective sanctions
related to Israel, but they've never been executed," he said.
Erdogan further stressed the importance of reforms in the United
Nations.
"I'd like all the parties involved to be sincere and stand behind
those resolutions. And that is actually also where a need for reform
is needed in the UN. What's the deal with these permanent-seat-holding
members in the Security Council? They should be eliminated. The entire
world is literally a slave to the decisions of these five permanent
seat holders [Russia, US, China, Great Britain, France]," he added.
As for the situation in Syria, the Turkish PM ruled out any possibility
of preserving friendship with the country's president, Bashar al-Assad.
"Assad told me "we only have about 83 political offenders in prison."
But actually there are thousands and thousands. Those individuals
have never been involved in violent attacks or uprisings. They've been
unfortunately incarcerated based on their faith or their expressions,"
Erdogan noted.
He further criticized French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German
Chancellor Angela Merkel for keeping Turkey for preventing Turkey's
EU integration process.
When [former French President Jacques] Chirac or [former German
Chancellor Gerhard] Schroder were there, Turkey would be involved in
all of the European leaders' summits. But when [current Chancellor
Angela] Merkel or [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy took over their
offices, the ambience changed dramatically. Despite their attitudes,
we were determined to continue this path toward EU membership,"
the Turkish PM said.
Tert.am
11:47 28.09.11
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given an exclusive
interview to the British Times on the sidelines of the UN General
Assembly's meeting in New York.
The premier addressed the Turkish Israeli relations, the Palestinian
issue, the US-Turkey relations, the Arab Spring and the developments
in Syria.
Erdogan expressed discontent with the Middle East Quartet (Russia,
US, EU and UM) dealing with the Palestinian issue, accusing the latter
of not being sincere.
"If the Quartet was so willing to resolve this issue, they would have
imposed certain issues on Israel today. Until today, the UN Security
Council has issued more than 89 resolutions on prospective sanctions
related to Israel, but they've never been executed," he said.
Erdogan further stressed the importance of reforms in the United
Nations.
"I'd like all the parties involved to be sincere and stand behind
those resolutions. And that is actually also where a need for reform
is needed in the UN. What's the deal with these permanent-seat-holding
members in the Security Council? They should be eliminated. The entire
world is literally a slave to the decisions of these five permanent
seat holders [Russia, US, China, Great Britain, France]," he added.
As for the situation in Syria, the Turkish PM ruled out any possibility
of preserving friendship with the country's president, Bashar al-Assad.
"Assad told me "we only have about 83 political offenders in prison."
But actually there are thousands and thousands. Those individuals
have never been involved in violent attacks or uprisings. They've been
unfortunately incarcerated based on their faith or their expressions,"
Erdogan noted.
He further criticized French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German
Chancellor Angela Merkel for keeping Turkey for preventing Turkey's
EU integration process.
When [former French President Jacques] Chirac or [former German
Chancellor Gerhard] Schroder were there, Turkey would be involved in
all of the European leaders' summits. But when [current Chancellor
Angela] Merkel or [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy took over their
offices, the ambience changed dramatically. Despite their attitudes,
we were determined to continue this path toward EU membership,"
the Turkish PM said.