.....Turkey is making intensive efforts to push the international community to reinstate Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Hurriyet Daily News said on Monday. Its Western and Arab allies' hesitation to criticise the military coup is, said the newspaper, "a disappointment" to the government in Ankara. It said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have contacted the UN, US, EU and Arab countries such as Qatar to discuss the issue.
"Our message is clear," said Davutoglu. "We want the world to call what happened in Egypt a coup. Military coups are not acceptable either in Egypt or any other place." The reinstatement of the deposed president and his government has to be a priority for countries which believe in real democracy, he insisted. "The fact that Turkey was alone amongst its allies to condemn the coup was disappointing."
Support from Qatar and Saudi Arabia for the coup could, the newspaper warned, affect their alliance with Turkey over the Syrian crisis.
A senior official in the Turkish foreign ministry, who asked to remain anonymous, told Hurriyet, "We made clear that the process in Egypt will be an important test for the Arab Spring. We hope that they revise their positions."....
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.