US official: Turkey has international responsibilities that extend beyond its immediate neighbourhood

Propaganda Alert

compiled by Cem Ertür
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
18 March 2010


1) US Assistant Secretary of State: Turkey has international responsibilities that extend beyond its immediate neighbourhood (17 March 2010)

2) US Ambassador to Ankara welcomes Turkey to the U.N. Security Council (November 2008)

relevant documents:

3) Obama: Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat to Iran’s neighbors and our allies (5 April 2009)

4) Obama: No one in the Middle East is served by Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions, least of all Turkey (6 April 2009)

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“Turkey has international responsibilities that extend beyond its immediate neighborhood. […]

We do not believe that Turkey’s decision to abstain […] [from voting on the IAEA resolution against Iran’s nuclear work] last November helped [our shared goal of a peaceful diplomatic resolution of this issue]. […]

[W]e hope that Turkey will join the broad group of nations in the UN Security Council who are seeking to hold Iran to its IAEA and Security Council obligations.”

[US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian affairs Philip H. Gordon, annual Sakip Sabanci Lecture at the Brookings Institution, Washington, 17 March 2010 ]  [1]

“ [A]s we await the results of the [2008 US presidential] election, there is no doubt that the United States will continue to bring the most pressing issues facing international security to the UN Security Council. It is in that context that we welcome Turkey’s recent election for a two-year term on the council. […]

Perhaps most urgent among those issues is Iran’s continuing defiance of the council’s will regarding its nuclear program. […] We look forward to continued close work with Turkey to maintain the international focus on this issue.”

[US Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson (2005-2008), 4 November 2008]  [2]

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relevant documents:

“So let me be clear: Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran’s neighbors and our allies.”

[US President Barack Obama’s speech in Prague, 5 April 2009] [3]

“The peace of the region will also be advanced if Iran forgoes any nuclear weapons ambitions. Now, as I made clear in Prague yesterday, no one is served by the spread of nuclear weapons, least of all Turkey.”

[US President Barack Obama’s speech to Turkey’s parliament in Ankara, 6 April 2009]  [4]

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relevant links:


Israeli army chief visits Turkey to hold talks on Iran’s nuclear program (16 March 2010)

https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/israeli-army-chief-visits-turkey-to-hold-talks-on-iran%E2%80%99s-nuclear-program/


European mayors want withdrawal of US nukes from their territory (6 December 2007)

2020 Vision Campaign website, 6 December 2007

http://www.2020visioncampaign.org/pages/319

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notes:


[1] The United States and Turkey: A view from the Obama Administration

by Philip H. Gordon, Brookings Institution website, 17 March 2010

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2010/0317_turkey/0317_turkey_gordon.pdf


[2]  Ambassador Wilson welcomes Turkey to the U.N. Security Council

by Ross Wilson, US Ankara Embassy website, 4 November 2008

http://turkey.usembassy.gov/wilson_unsecurity_turkey.html


[3] Remarks by President Barack Obama in Prague as delivered

The White House website, 5 April 2009

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-By-President-Barack-Obama-In-Prague-As-Delivered/


[4] Remarks by President Barack Obama to the Turkish parliament

The White House website, 6 April 2009

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-By-President-Obama-To-The-Turkish-Parliament/

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