Most important agenda in Syria involves sending humanitarian assistance to cities, says FM Davutoglu

WASHINGTON (A.A) - February 14, 2012 - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday that the most important agenda in Syria involved sending humanitarian assistance to cities. Speaking to reporters after completing his talks in Washington on Monday, Davutoglu said that "not only security conditions deteriorated, but the need for food and medicines in Syria reached high points". We hope that all obstacles will be lifted in Syria for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. This is not a political issue or an intervention. The issue has to do with sending humanitarian assistance to all Syrians, Davutoglu said. Touching on the upcoming meeting of 'Syria's Friends' in Tunisia, Davutoglu said that had the United Nations Security Council fulfilled its ethical and political responsibilities, there would not have been a need for a meeting in Tunisia. The message that did not come out at the UN must come out in Tunisia, Davutoglu said. The idea of holding a meeting in Tunisia was actually ours. We pay high attention to the diplomatic process and we will be attending the meeting in Tunisia, Davutoglu said. The U.S. supports the meeting to be held in Tunisia. There is no doubt in this regard, Davutoglu stressed. On counter-terrorism, Davutoglu said that Turkey and the U.S. will continue to work together in the fight against terror. On his last day in Washington, Davutoglu met with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Davutoglu told reporters that Syria was the issue that topped his agenda in Washington. We also had a chance to discuss the developments in the Middle East, Caucasus, Iran's nuclear program and the developments in Iraq, Davutoglu noted. We discussed the fight against PKK terror and global terror, Davutoglu added.