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Palestine needs 9 votes at UN Security Council, Turkish premier says
--NEW YORK (A.A) - September 22, 2011 - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Palestine needed 9 votes at the UN Security Council and if it got those votes, it would be a pleasing development.
Erdogan replied to questions of renowned journalist Charlie Rose in New York.
-Palestine-
Answering a question on the United States' view on Palestine's application at the UN Security Council, Premier Erdogan said, "we don't know its (the United States') stance. Palestine needs 9 votes at the UN Security Council. If Palestine gets these votes, it would be a pleasing development for the country."
Erdogan said that if Palestine could not get votes, it would apply to the General Assembly and then it could lead to a conclusion like Vatican city.
Asked what would happen if the United States vetoed Palestine's application, Erdogan said he hoped that the United States would continue the process in accordance with the resolution 181 approved by the UN in 1947.
Erdogan said that peace could not be secured in the Middle East without a solution to Palestine issue. "Palestine issue must be solved. It is the key," he said.
-Relations with Israel-
Replying to a question on Turkey's stance after Israeli raid on Mavi Marmara, the largest vessel in a six-ship Gaza aid flotilla, Erdogan said there were several steps that Turkey took in NATO, OECD, G-20 and for regional peace. Erdogan said that the problem was created by the current Israeli government. "The West should put pressure on the Israeli government," he said.
"Turkey made great progress in economy in the past nine years. There is no hostility between Turkey and its neighbors. But in the recent period, we have been involved in this trouble due to wrong steps by Israel," he said.
Erdogan said earlier there was no problem between Turkey and Israel. "We had high trade volume, good political, military and economic relations," he said.
-Turkey's role in the region-
Replying to a question on Turkey's role in the region, Erdogan said that Turkey had cultural ties with regional countries, stating that Turkey had close relations with Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, and others.
Erdogan said that Turkey was an active country in the region.
Turkey was taking steps for peaceful solutions to regional issues, he said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey-the United States relations had been further improving in economic, military, political and commercial areas under the exemplary partnership process with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Prime Minister Erdogan said, "Turkey's position in its region; Turkey-the United States relations in third countries, in the international platforms and in G20; our alliance in NATO; and steps we took together in global economy have kept our bilateral relations at a certain level. Today, our relations have been further improving in all areas under our exemplary partnership process with President Obama."
-FIGHT AGAINST PKK-
Asked whether the United States allowed Turkey to track the PKK terrorist organization in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Erdogan said, "Turkey, the United States and Iraq declared PKK as their common enemy in 2007. It was during former President George W. Bush's term in office. After his election, President Obama maintained the same approach. We have also cooperated with each other in creation of a joint platform against terrorism and share of intelligence in the region. They also supported us in the unmanned aerial vehicle Predator."
-DEPLOYMENT OF ANTI-MISSILE RADAR IN TURKEY-
Referring to deployment of anti-missile radar in Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan said, "this step was taken under the concept of NATO. Kurecik town of the eastern province of Malatya was chosen as the best spot to deploy the radar. The deployment is not against any country, and it does not aim at protecting any country either."
-ERDOGAN'S TOUR OF NORTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES-
Replying to a question about his recent tour of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, Prime Minister Erdogan expressed his pleasure with Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan peoples' great interest in him.
"During the visits, we gave messages about rise of democracy against autocratic systems. We stressed that no administration can stand in the way of the might and will of the people. Those people do not want dictatorship any longer. They want to get rid of autocratic systems," he said.
"They asked questions about secularism. There is a definition of secularism in Turkey's Constitution dated 1982. According to it, individuals are not secular, but the state itself is secular. And the state has an equal distance to all religious groups. The state is the guarantee for those groups. I explained it to Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan peoples. The United States has a different style of secularism and the Western world has its own understanding. There is not any opposition or enmity in our secularism against any religious beliefs. People in the Middle East, especially in Egypt, think that secularism is an anti-religious movement. I told them that it was not correct," he added.
Erdogan replied to questions of renowned journalist Charlie Rose in New York.
-Palestine-
Answering a question on the United States' view on Palestine's application at the UN Security Council, Premier Erdogan said, "we don't know its (the United States') stance. Palestine needs 9 votes at the UN Security Council. If Palestine gets these votes, it would be a pleasing development for the country."
Erdogan said that if Palestine could not get votes, it would apply to the General Assembly and then it could lead to a conclusion like Vatican city.
Asked what would happen if the United States vetoed Palestine's application, Erdogan said he hoped that the United States would continue the process in accordance with the resolution 181 approved by the UN in 1947.
Erdogan said that peace could not be secured in the Middle East without a solution to Palestine issue. "Palestine issue must be solved. It is the key," he said.
-Relations with Israel-
Replying to a question on Turkey's stance after Israeli raid on Mavi Marmara, the largest vessel in a six-ship Gaza aid flotilla, Erdogan said there were several steps that Turkey took in NATO, OECD, G-20 and for regional peace. Erdogan said that the problem was created by the current Israeli government. "The West should put pressure on the Israeli government," he said.
"Turkey made great progress in economy in the past nine years. There is no hostility between Turkey and its neighbors. But in the recent period, we have been involved in this trouble due to wrong steps by Israel," he said.
Erdogan said earlier there was no problem between Turkey and Israel. "We had high trade volume, good political, military and economic relations," he said.
-Turkey's role in the region-
Replying to a question on Turkey's role in the region, Erdogan said that Turkey had cultural ties with regional countries, stating that Turkey had close relations with Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, and others.
Erdogan said that Turkey was an active country in the region.
Turkey was taking steps for peaceful solutions to regional issues, he said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey-the United States relations had been further improving in economic, military, political and commercial areas under the exemplary partnership process with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Prime Minister Erdogan said, "Turkey's position in its region; Turkey-the United States relations in third countries, in the international platforms and in G20; our alliance in NATO; and steps we took together in global economy have kept our bilateral relations at a certain level. Today, our relations have been further improving in all areas under our exemplary partnership process with President Obama."
-FIGHT AGAINST PKK-
Asked whether the United States allowed Turkey to track the PKK terrorist organization in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Erdogan said, "Turkey, the United States and Iraq declared PKK as their common enemy in 2007. It was during former President George W. Bush's term in office. After his election, President Obama maintained the same approach. We have also cooperated with each other in creation of a joint platform against terrorism and share of intelligence in the region. They also supported us in the unmanned aerial vehicle Predator."
-DEPLOYMENT OF ANTI-MISSILE RADAR IN TURKEY-
Referring to deployment of anti-missile radar in Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan said, "this step was taken under the concept of NATO. Kurecik town of the eastern province of Malatya was chosen as the best spot to deploy the radar. The deployment is not against any country, and it does not aim at protecting any country either."
-ERDOGAN'S TOUR OF NORTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES-
Replying to a question about his recent tour of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, Prime Minister Erdogan expressed his pleasure with Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan peoples' great interest in him.
"During the visits, we gave messages about rise of democracy against autocratic systems. We stressed that no administration can stand in the way of the might and will of the people. Those people do not want dictatorship any longer. They want to get rid of autocratic systems," he said.
"They asked questions about secularism. There is a definition of secularism in Turkey's Constitution dated 1982. According to it, individuals are not secular, but the state itself is secular. And the state has an equal distance to all religious groups. The state is the guarantee for those groups. I explained it to Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan peoples. The United States has a different style of secularism and the Western world has its own understanding. There is not any opposition or enmity in our secularism against any religious beliefs. People in the Middle East, especially in Egypt, think that secularism is an anti-religious movement. I told them that it was not correct," he added.
