Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

January 4, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-302965-gul-turkey-will-not-accept-iran-possessing-nuclear-weapons.html

Turkey Will Not Accept Iran Possessing Nuclear Weapons

(Zaman-Turkey) "Turkey will not accept a neighboring country possessing weapons not possessed by Turkey herself," President Abdullah Gul said in an interview. Gul insisted that any solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program should involve the eradication of all nuclear weapons from the region. "What we need is a more comprehensive solution and approach to this problem. What matters here is to guarantee the security of Israel in the region, and once that is guaranteed, then the next step must be to eradicate all such weapons from the region." "What matters is to put yourself in the shoes of Iran and consider how the Iranians perceive the outside threat." Asked if this meant the key to stopping the Iranian nuclear program is Israeli disarmament, Gul said, "That is the way I see it, because that route will help us solve the fundamental problems in the Middle East that affect the whole world."

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: