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Turkish Premier Criticizes Europeans Of Not Helping Turkey In Combatting Terrorism

30 August 2010 23:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The Turkish prime minister criticized on Saturday the European countries of not extending sufficient assistance and support to Turkey in countering terrorism, APA reports quoting turkishny.com web-page.
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said European countries, that seemed as Turkey’s friend, had not fully fulfilled the requirements of that friendship so far.
"Their (the terrorist organization’s) financial resources are mainly coming from Europe as well as their income from illicit drug trafficking and human trafficking," Erdogan told a televised interview.
Erdogan said Germany had never behaved sincerely, neither did France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
"I have told the ambassadors of European countries that they would get Turkey’s help if they faced similar problem because a joint fight against terrorism is obligatory, but unfortunately Turkey has not seen that support," he said.
Erdogan said Turkey would continue to implement the trilateral mechanism with Iraq and the United States to combat terrorism from now on, and attached great importance to the initiatives of the Supreme Board of Counter Terrorism.
The prime minister said he also attached importance to the Public Security Undersecretariat and international conjuncture, and Turkey would do what it had to do regarding terrorism.
Erdogan said Turkey would not cut its negotiations with the United States, who had not fully withdrawn from Iraq and left some 40,000-50,000 troops there.
Turkey was closely monitoring Iraq’s reconstruction and efforts to form a new government, he said.
Erdogan underlined importance of relations with Iraq because the region needed peace, stability and order.
The prime minister also highlighted importance of relations with the north of Iraq, and the deployment of the terrorist organization PKK in the north of Iraq was threatening the stability in that region.
"Therefore, there are some decisions and steps we have to take with the United States and the Iraqi administration," he said.
Erdogan said there was also PKK problem in Syria and Iran, and therefore Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq should make a regional solidarity.
The prime minister also said almost 2.5 million people would be employed when the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) and Eastern Anatolia Project (DAP) were completed.