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143384
Thu, 09/23/2010 - 21:54
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TURKISH FM ON NEWS REPORTS CLAIMING TURKEY DID NOT ABIDE BY UN SECURITY COUNCIL DECISIONS ON IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON IRAN
NEW YORK (A.A) - 23.09.2010 - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that the news reports, which claimed that Turkey had not abided by UN Security Council decisions on imposing sanctions on Iran, were "unfounded, totally provocative and biased".
Speaking to reporters, Davutoglu said, "we have stated until the UN Security Council and also in the council that Turkey is against sanctions. We say that the issue should be resolved through diplomatic ways."
"Although we voted 'no' in the Security Council, the decisions issued there bind us, too as they are UN Security Council resolutions. Turkey said it would abide by those decisions. However, Turkey does not consider the sanctions, which the countries announced unilaterally, as sanctions that should be abided by with respect to international law," he said.
Davutoglu said Turkey should of course protect its benefits, "it does not mean refusing to abide by the resolutions of the UN Council. We will abide by them, but we do not have obligation to abide by the others."
Asked to comment on the news reports that an Iranian bank, which is under sanction, is operating in Turkey, Davutoglu said, "the day when the UN Security Council decision was issued, we examined it in detail. We know what is binding and what is not. Nobody should dare to impose embargo on some specific banks on their own. It should also be known that there is not a bank activity in Turkey against the sanctions in question."
Davutoglu described the meeting of Turkish President Abdullah Gul with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in New York as very constructive.
Turkish foreign minister said he would have a meeting with the Iranian party on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, Davutoglu said, "we have stated until the UN Security Council and also in the council that Turkey is against sanctions. We say that the issue should be resolved through diplomatic ways."
"Although we voted 'no' in the Security Council, the decisions issued there bind us, too as they are UN Security Council resolutions. Turkey said it would abide by those decisions. However, Turkey does not consider the sanctions, which the countries announced unilaterally, as sanctions that should be abided by with respect to international law," he said.
Davutoglu said Turkey should of course protect its benefits, "it does not mean refusing to abide by the resolutions of the UN Council. We will abide by them, but we do not have obligation to abide by the others."
Asked to comment on the news reports that an Iranian bank, which is under sanction, is operating in Turkey, Davutoglu said, "the day when the UN Security Council decision was issued, we examined it in detail. We know what is binding and what is not. Nobody should dare to impose embargo on some specific banks on their own. It should also be known that there is not a bank activity in Turkey against the sanctions in question."
Davutoglu described the meeting of Turkish President Abdullah Gul with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in New York as very constructive.
Turkish foreign minister said he would have a meeting with the Iranian party on Friday.
