U.S. top diplomat: Turkey can be key contribution to peace process in Mid East

Turkey can play a major role in the Middle East peace process, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on April 7, describing it as a “vibrant and energized” country after meeting his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.

“Turkey can be a key, an important contribution to the process of peace in so many ways,” Kerry told reporters in a joint press conference. He was speaking in Istanbul two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama brokered a thaw between Turkey and Israel, whose relations were frozen by the killing of nine Turkish citizens in the deadly Mavi Marmara raid in 2010.

“I think in many, many respects a country as strong, and as vibrant as energized and as transformative as Turkey can have a profound impact by being a partner in this process,” he added.


/HurriyetDailynews/