DAVUTOGLU SAYS EU "NEEDS TURKEY IN FOREIGN POLICY"
March 11 2010
Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that the
EU needed Turkey in foreign policy.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that the
EU needed Turkey in foreign policy.
On the second day of his formal visit to Ireland, Davutoglu delivered
a speech at the University College Dublin, and stressed the importance
of relations between Turkey and Ireland.
Davutoglu also said that multiculturalism was important while guiding
the history.
Regarding Turkey-EU relations, Davutoglu said that questioning Turkey’s
EU membership and presenting different suggestions such as privileged
partnership were not right.
Noting that Turkey had a control over regional issues, Davutoglu said,
"actually I think the EU needs Turkey –not Turkey needed EU– in
foreign policy."
Upon a question about 1915 incidents, Davutoglu said that Turkey was
ready to share the pain and reach a consensus, but, it was against
to be blamed.
Stressing that the voting (on Armenian allegations about 1915
incidents) at U.S. House of Representatives Committee of Foreign
Affairs was unethical, Davutoglu said that the history should not be
judged like this.
Davutoglu recalled that there had been no tension throughout the
period Turks and Armenians lived together.