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TURKEY PREPARED TO PROTECT ITS TERRITORY IN SYRIA
Anadolu Agency, Turkey
March 14 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Turkey is prepared to take measures to assure the security and the
stability of the tomb of Suleyman Shah in the Syrian city of Aleppo,
the Turkish foreign minister has said.
VAN - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that Turkey
has the right to take measures to assure the security and stability of
the tomb of Suleyman Shah in the Syrian city of Aleppo as according
to international law the tomb is Turkish territory, while referring
to the intensified clashes between the Syrian opposition and the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region.
"As of now, there is no violation towards our territory and the
Turkish troops there providing security. However, in case of any
threat, we (Turkey) are prepared to take measures of all sorts,"
Davutoglu told a press conference on Friday in the eastern Turkish
province of Van following a trilateral meeting with his Iranian and
Azerbaijani counterparts.
Davutoglu said the authority gap caused by the Syrian regime has
created a great security crisis, paving the way for radical groups
to fill this gap in northern Syria.
"What is interesting is the cooperation between these groups staging
terror attacks and the regime," he added.
When asked about the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani's upcomming visit to Turkey, Davutoglu said Barzani
would meet the Turkish prime minister in Ankara and he would also meet
Barzani in Van on Saturday to discuss enhancing economic relations
and easing customs rules.
- Turkey-Iran-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting
The Turkish, Iranian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers have gathered
for the third annual tripartite meeting in eastern Turkey to exchange
views on enhancing regional cooperation on issues of common interest.
The first meeting took place in Iran in 2011 and the second was held
in Azerbaijan in 2012.
A three-year action plan on transport, energy, trade, the easing of
customs rules, and cultural and political relations was agreed by
the three countries.
The action plan includes a railroad project between Azerbaijan,
Turkey and Iran, Davutoglu said.
The minister also extended his condolences to the families of the two
people killed during Wednesday's nationwide protests which followed
the burial of a teenager who died after being injured in the Gezi
protest last year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for his part expressed
hope that the agreed action plan would help provide peace, security
and economic development in the region.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov, touching on the 20
year-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed
territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, said "Armenian troops must leave
Azerbaijan's territories."
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/395299/
Anadolu Agency, Turkey
March 14 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Turkey is prepared to take measures to assure the security and the
stability of the tomb of Suleyman Shah in the Syrian city of Aleppo,
the Turkish foreign minister has said.
VAN - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that Turkey
has the right to take measures to assure the security and stability of
the tomb of Suleyman Shah in the Syrian city of Aleppo as according
to international law the tomb is Turkish territory, while referring
to the intensified clashes between the Syrian opposition and the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region.
"As of now, there is no violation towards our territory and the
Turkish troops there providing security. However, in case of any
threat, we (Turkey) are prepared to take measures of all sorts,"
Davutoglu told a press conference on Friday in the eastern Turkish
province of Van following a trilateral meeting with his Iranian and
Azerbaijani counterparts.
Davutoglu said the authority gap caused by the Syrian regime has
created a great security crisis, paving the way for radical groups
to fill this gap in northern Syria.
"What is interesting is the cooperation between these groups staging
terror attacks and the regime," he added.
When asked about the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani's upcomming visit to Turkey, Davutoglu said Barzani
would meet the Turkish prime minister in Ankara and he would also meet
Barzani in Van on Saturday to discuss enhancing economic relations
and easing customs rules.
- Turkey-Iran-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting
The Turkish, Iranian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers have gathered
for the third annual tripartite meeting in eastern Turkey to exchange
views on enhancing regional cooperation on issues of common interest.
The first meeting took place in Iran in 2011 and the second was held
in Azerbaijan in 2012.
A three-year action plan on transport, energy, trade, the easing of
customs rules, and cultural and political relations was agreed by
the three countries.
The action plan includes a railroad project between Azerbaijan,
Turkey and Iran, Davutoglu said.
The minister also extended his condolences to the families of the two
people killed during Wednesday's nationwide protests which followed
the burial of a teenager who died after being injured in the Gezi
protest last year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for his part expressed
hope that the agreed action plan would help provide peace, security
and economic development in the region.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov, touching on the 20
year-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed
territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, said "Armenian troops must leave
Azerbaijan's territories."
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/395299/