“We had problems in our region, which all came from the opposite side. We want stability in the region, said the Turkish Foreign Minister
“We are obliged to protect her interests and rights Turkey from Syria to Libya and from Cyprus, the Aegean to the Mediterranean”, said on Sunday Mevlut Cavusogluas reported by the correspondent of SKAI in Istanbul Manolis Kostidis.
The Turkish Foreign Minister stated that “it is our obligation to reduce the influence of these crises on our country. We have priorities:
First, to protect the rights and interests of the country, from Syria to Libya, from Cyprus, the Aegean to the Mediterranean, we are obliged to protect our rights and laws. Second, to contribute to peace and prosperity in regional and global crises.”
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Referring to the war in Ukraine he said: “There is support for Turkey’s role, but it should not only be verbal support, but also substantial”.
He then said: “Whatever is in the interest of our country, that’s what we have to do. We must proceed with a realistic mindset. We know what our strength is. We know what our hard and soft power is. But we know how we can use it in a balanced way and be an “intelligent force”.
Concluding, he stated: “You know there were problems in our relations with some countries in our region. In most of them, if you notice almost all of them were problems that came from the other side and not from us. But normalization processes continue. We want stability in the region.”
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