TURKEY AND U.S. REMAIN STRONG ALLIES, FRIENDS

PanARMENIAN.Net
July 6, 2011

PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said
Turkey and the U.S. “remain strong allies and friends” and that
“consultations between the two countries also benefit other regions.”

According to Today’s Zaman, Davutoglu delivered a speech at the U.S.

Independence Day reception at the U.S. embassy in Ankara, where he said
Turkish-American relations “had evolved in a positive way,” recalling
a close alliance between the two countries during the Cold War.

Noting that Turkey and the U.S. have worked together on a number
of problematic issues after the Cold War, Davutoglu said the two
countries are now “two model partners,” which has largely developed
after the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Turkey in 2009 as
part of his first overseas trips.

Davutoglu said ties between the U.S. and Turkey “are not only limited
to security or military relations but also have cultural and economic
dimensions.” He said the area that relations between the two countries
covers “is now bigger and that this is important not only for the U.S.
and Turkey but also for other regions.”