Ahmet Davutoglu says EU "needs Turkey in foreign policy"

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that the EU needed Turkey in foreign policy.

On the second day of his formal visit to Ireland, Davutoglu delivered a speech at the University College Dublin, and stressed the importance of relations between Turkey and Ireland.

Davutoglu also said that multiculturalism was important while guiding the history.

Regarding Turkey-EU relations, Davutoglu said that questioning Turkey's EU membership and presenting different suggestions such as privileged partnership were not right.

Noting that Turkey had a control over regional issues, Davutoglu said, "actually I think the EU needs Turkey - not Turkey needed EU - in foreign policy."

Upon a question about 1915 incidents, Davutoglu said that Turkey was ready to share the pain and reach a consensus, but, it was against to be blamed.

Stressing that the voting (on Armenian allegations about 1915 incidents) at U.S. House of Representatives Committee of Foreign Affairs was unethical, Davutoglu said that the history should not be judged like this.

Davutoglu recalled that there had been no tension throughout the period Turks and Armenians lived together.


/World Bulletin/