(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, FEBRUARY 10 - Turkey would not remain
indifferent to "a massacre" in its geographic area, Anatolia
news agency reports quoting Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet
Davutoglu as saying on Thursday. Davutoglu said Turkey wanted to
set up an international platform for solution of Syria crisis,
and to that end was holding consultations with several
countries. "Turkey cannot remain indifferent to a massacre in
its region even if everybody remains silent and indifferent,"
Davutoglu addressed students at the George Washington
University. Davutoglu said Turkey was trying to create a new
international awareness and enumerated Turkey's three-stage
strategy towards Syria as bilateral dialogue, a regional
initiative and an international solidarity regarding Syria.
Davutoglu said Turkey had talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of the first stage but hopes faded as al-Assad did not implement a road map. Then, Turkey cooperated with the Arab League as a regional initiative, and the Arab League did everything it could for a solution and produced plans but Syria did not keep its promises, Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said as a third step, Turkey, Arab League and some other countries applied to the United Nations (UN) Security Council and tried to create an international solidarity, but Russia and China caused a deadlock with their veto. "Therefore, we are today making a new evaluation with the Arab League, and I will take up this issue with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday," Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said Turkey wanted to create an international platform to support Syrian people and be in solidarity with them against the bloody massacre. (ANSAmed).
Davutoglu said Turkey had talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of the first stage but hopes faded as al-Assad did not implement a road map. Then, Turkey cooperated with the Arab League as a regional initiative, and the Arab League did everything it could for a solution and produced plans but Syria did not keep its promises, Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said as a third step, Turkey, Arab League and some other countries applied to the United Nations (UN) Security Council and tried to create an international solidarity, but Russia and China caused a deadlock with their veto. "Therefore, we are today making a new evaluation with the Arab League, and I will take up this issue with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday," Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said Turkey wanted to create an international platform to support Syrian people and be in solidarity with them against the bloody massacre. (ANSAmed).
