'Sometimes NATO and UN Member' Turkey: "UN official's remarks not meant for Turkey": FM. (Taz).
Remarks by a UN spokesman about arms shipments to warring Syrian forces were not directed at Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday.
In a live interview with the private A Haber TV channel, Cavusoglu said that several newspaper stories claiming that the UN had criticized Turkey about arms deliveries to Syria were wrongheaded.
Cavusoglu said: "It is not true that the remarks [by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric] was directed at Turkey as stories published in one or two newspapers said. The spokesman just recalled the UN's resolutions and its position on this issue."
A number of reports in the Turkish media quoted UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric as saying: "The fundamental principle of the secretary-general is definite. The UN supports peace-oriented acts for resolution of the conflict in Syria. The UN is against arms shipments to any of the warring sides in Syria."
Cavusoglu said: "When the international organizations want to make such statements, they either hold a press conference, or they answer a question in a press event, or they make a written statement."
Referring to Dujarric remarks, Cavusoglu said: "He did not say these in a press conference. This was a remark in response to a question asked as he walked in the aisle."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lodged a criminal complaint against Can Dundar, the editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper that carried images allegedly showing arms being transported to Syria by the Turkish intelligence service.
In the complaint, passed on to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office by Erdogan's lawyer Muammer Cemiloglu, Dundar is accused of committing a crime by publishing "false footage and information in an attempt to bring down the Republic of Turkey and prevent the state from carrying out its duties."
Cumhuriyet’s story was about the stopping of trucks by Turkish gendarmerie forces in southern Adana and Hatay provinces in January 2014.
Photographs and video appeared to show crates allegedly filled with weapons and ammunition stacked under boxes containing medical supplies. In one photograph, the arms’ serial numbers are visible.
"These are the attempts that want to portray Turkey as a country that supports terrorism. But Turkey is a country that always fights against terrorism and also now Turkey is the most resolute country that struggles with terrorist organizations in the region, particularly Daesh," said Cavusoglu. Hmmm....And crows wear stiletto Heels. Last time it was 'EU resolutions don't count for Turkey' the new 'Herren volk !
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