Turkish FM says policy on Syria needs to be based on multilateral cooperation

ISTANBUL (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said international community should follow a policy on Syria which is based on multilateral cooperation. Delivering a speech at the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum organized by the Atlantic Council in Istanbul on Thursday, Davutoglu said Turkey did not want to give the impression that it was acting unilaterally on Syria, adding that the Arab League should be asked to lead the process. "The best thing to do would be approaching the problem multilaterally. The process on Syria should work on a multilateral cooperation. We need to ask the Arab League to assume leadership on this issue," Davutoglu said.    Davutoglu said Turkey would continue to impose sanctions on Syria, ones which would send a strong message to the Syrian government but which would not hurt Syrian people.      "We will send strong signals to the the Syrian leadership but while doing that we will put Syrian people in a difficult position," he said.