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February 18, 2006
'Ankara will fill in grey areas itself'
The New Anatolian, which bills itself as "Turkey's only independent English-language daily," has an informative analysis on the political fallout from Hamas' visit to Turkey. Zeynep Gurcanli wrote on February 19, 2006:Stung by backlash over Hamas visit to Ankara from both Turkish and intl (international) actors, AK Party [Justice and Development Party] tries to save itself by forging new policies for the Mideast. 'Up to now we permitted others to fill in the grey areas in Mideast policy,' says high-ranking diplomat, referring to the US, EU and Israel, without naming names. 'Now it's time for Turkey to fill in the grey areas itself...'
With these words, the official was signaling Ankara's goal of being more influential in the region.The diplomat added, according to The New Anatolian: "It was important that Hamas heard messages and recommendations from a country that could be at intimate intl (international)meetings where Arab country leaders could be.'
For more, please see "Ankara will fill in grey areas itself."
Posted by Munir Umrani at February 18, 2006 07:07 PM
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