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U.S. senator says Turkey is a stunning example of progress
WASHINGTON D.C. (A.A) - 19.03.2011 - A senior U.S. senator said that Turkey was a stunning example of progress.
John Kerry, senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at a conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the USA policy toward the Middle East, "Turkey is a tremendous example, a stunning example of progress and of what happens when you make this kind of commitment. I mean, Turkey and Egypt, back in the 1950s, were in the same place, probably about the same GDP, about the same per-capita income. And today, there's a gulf like this -- Turkey up here and Egypt's down here and the rest of the Arab world and that part of the world is down there."
"So Turkey has seized this future. And they've been brilliant in the way in which they have worked democratic process and strong economy, reaching out to the West, working as a very constructive partner," he said.
"Now, I've had -- I was in Turkey a few months ago. I had a long meeting, which I appreciated enormously with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I met with their foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, very intelligent, capable interlocutor in the international scene. And I think Turkey has the ability to play one of the key roles in this transformation as well as in the Middle East peace process. So I listen to Turkey very closely. I listen to its leaders. And I think we need to work with them very closely in these next months to help make this process effective," Kerry added.
John Kerry, senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at a conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the USA policy toward the Middle East, "Turkey is a tremendous example, a stunning example of progress and of what happens when you make this kind of commitment. I mean, Turkey and Egypt, back in the 1950s, were in the same place, probably about the same GDP, about the same per-capita income. And today, there's a gulf like this -- Turkey up here and Egypt's down here and the rest of the Arab world and that part of the world is down there."
"So Turkey has seized this future. And they've been brilliant in the way in which they have worked democratic process and strong economy, reaching out to the West, working as a very constructive partner," he said.
"Now, I've had -- I was in Turkey a few months ago. I had a long meeting, which I appreciated enormously with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I met with their foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, very intelligent, capable interlocutor in the international scene. And I think Turkey has the ability to play one of the key roles in this transformation as well as in the Middle East peace process. So I listen to Turkey very closely. I listen to its leaders. And I think we need to work with them very closely in these next months to help make this process effective," Kerry added.
