{"id":23518,"date":"2010-10-16T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T09:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=23518"},"modified":"2014-01-05T21:06:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T19:06:04","slug":"erdogan-iran-pakistan-turkey-afghanistan-have-common-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/10\/16\/erdogan-iran-pakistan-turkey-afghanistan-have-common-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan: Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan have common future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD\/TEHRAN – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran have a common future, and the security of each country is dependent on the security of the others, but the enemies are creating problems for the four countries.<\/p>\n

The Turkish prime minister made the remarks in Islamabad in interview with Hamid Mir, The News reported on Friday.<\/p>\n

Erdogan said the United States was supporting some common enemies of Pakistan and Turkey and the time has come to unmask them and act together.<\/p>\n

The Turkish prime minister insisted that Pakistan and Turkey must play a decisive role in the efforts to stabilize Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

He said that both Pakistan and Turkey had suffered under military dictators who were always supported by the USA, politicians were hanged by military regimes in both countries, and both countries are fighting against terrorism nowadays.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have common problems and common solutions, military dictatorships have always created problems, and democracy is a common solution,\u201d Erdogan noted.<\/p>\n

Asked why no military dictator has ever been tried in the courts of Turkey and Pakistan, he replied, \u201cI don\u2019t support hanging any military dictator, but law must take its action against all those who abrogated the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that some foreign hands are supporting terrorists in Pakistan and Turkey directly and also through some NGOs.<\/p>\n

Erdogan was very hard on the \u201cdouble standards\u201d of the USA and said that the Israeli attack on a Turkish ship of the Freedom Flotilla unmasked the so-called civilized face of Washington, which openly and shamelessly supported the state terrorism of Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cNine Turkish martyrs on the ship received 21 bullets from Israeli soldiers in their bodies. We provided post mortem reports and even the pictures to the EU and USA, but Washington is not ready to condemn the state terrorism of Israel against Turkey, which means that the USA is supporting international terrorists who killed our citizens in international waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the people of Pakistan should not fight with each other and they must concentrate on helping the 20 million flood victims. \u201cInstability and infighting will only help your enemies, who are looking for an opportunity to use Pakistanis against Pakistanis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turkey has sent \u201cat least 125 million dollars of aid, both by the government and non-governmental organizations,\u201d said UN Special Envoy to Pakistan Rauf Engin Soysal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe installed 2,000 prefabricated houses near Multan, and a total of 3,000 will be built,\u201d the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, Omer Taslit, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you will not understand the evil designs of your enemies, then what will be the future of 20 million flood victims of Pakistan, who will help them if you start fighting with each other,\u201d Erdogan warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan is my second home, and I am concerned about the internal situation of my second home,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Asked what his advice would be to Pakistan about diplomatic relations with Israel, since Turkey has diplomatic relations with Israel, Erdogan responded very carefully, saying that \u201cdespite diplomatic relations, Israel never behaved like a civilized country with Turkey, and I cannot give any advice to my Pakistani brothers; it is their right to decide about making relations with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to say that Pakistan and India must resolve the Kashmir dispute by peaceful talks. \u201cYou need strong political will for resolving the Kashmir dispute,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Erdogan said Israel will \u201cremain isolated\u201d if Tel Aviv refuses to apologize for killing Turkish human rights activists, Press TV reported on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael must apologize to Turkey and pay compensation. If it does not, it will be doomed to remain isolated in the Middle East,\u201d Erdogan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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