A full-length interview on Turkey’s overseas coverage was granted to the Turkish tv community Haberturk by Hakan Fidan and was positioned, amongst different issues, on Hezbollah’s threats towards Cyprus.
Particularly, when the Turkish Overseas Minister was requested concerning the threatening statements of the Secretary Basic of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, towards Cyprus within the occasion of an extension of the conflict in Lebanon, Hakan Fidan, acknowledged that “we face a fantastic menace and danger of extension right here. This hazard will proceed so long as Israel’s genocide continues. Now, particularly Lebanon is on the agenda” so as to add that “Lebanese elements threatening Cyprus are a harbinger of this occasion”.
“Cyprus has became a enterprise middle”
Pointing to the truth that there are ongoing army operations in Syria and stressing that, for now, these conflicts are of low depth and are possible to attract different actors into them, the pinnacle of Turkish diplomacy stated: “From the start we warn the Europeans activists for the “Greek Cypriot administration”. That this place has develop into a middle of enterprise. We always see within the intelligence stories that the “Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus” (because it refers back to the Republic of Cyprus) is getting used as a base by some nations for operations towards Gaza.
After we reported this, they immediately introduced it as an administrative base. An exercise that hides the truth that it’s a army base. The truth that it’s used for operations in direction of the Center East is not going to profit the Greek Cypriot aspect and Greece.
When you’re concerned within the ongoing wars within the Center East, this fireplace will come to burn you too. We’re in the identical geography, he’ll come and discover us too. Regional actors have to see this. There may be critical militarization there.”
“The rise of the acute proper is a menace”
Hakan Fidan reported that Ankara perceives the rise of far-right events in Europe as a menace and commented: “After I was at MIT, we tracked the far-right in Europe below the class of threats. Europe itself additionally sees the far proper as a menace. Since we fall below the definition of menace, we additionally understand as threats the problems that pose a menace to our countrymen. The far proper has a felony file in Europe towards Turks and Muslims in Europe. […]
I say that the European nations, particularly the central European nations, already observe a coverage as if the acute proper is all the time in energy of their relations with Turkey. They are saying that if we get Turkey into the EU, the far proper will get stronger. Right here they’re speaking a couple of coverage of distance (together with in direction of Turkey). […] Of their relations with Turkey, it was as if the acute proper was in energy. Generally we are saying we wish them to return and meet with them.
There’s a Europe that fought towards Hitler and the fascists, however now there’s a Europe that’s towards these rules. She did not criticize herself and that is what she’s experiencing immediately.”
“There’s a motion to marginalize the Turkish world”
He spoke of confusion and contradictions in Europe saying: “There’s a unusual confusion. You say that household rules are being destroyed, but there’s a Muslim inhabitants that defends this. I am saying you must draw a line between being anti-immigrant and anti-civilization. There isn’t a reply, they are saying you might be proper. They apply id politics to win votes. They accumulate votes by saying that the foreigner is unhealthy and harmful.
The motion to marginalize the Turkish world, Islam, is opposite to the sequence of values that exists in Europe. We’ll see how they overcome this take a look at.”
“It is vital for Europe to be with Turkey in an effort to develop into (itself) a extra impartial and assured geostrategic actor. In truth, the truth that Turkey brings a world right here is a chance for humanity and Europe to embody the idea of the alliance of civilizations,” he added.
“Turkey is on the lookout for its personal pursuits”
Requested concerning the situations of Turkey becoming a member of the BRICS group, Hakan Fidan cited earlier statements by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there isn’t a query of Turkey shifting its geopolitical axis, including that “we’re on the lookout for our personal pursuits, our personal rules and our personal angle. Additionally it is essential that our interlocutors are dedicated to the alliances to which we belong.”
The Turkish Overseas Minister stated that his nation is a candidate for membership within the EU, but in addition in different financial cooperation organizations, similar to “within the large Asia-Pacific financial platform. It’s essential to see the platforms as complementary and never options to one another”, he added and emphasised that “if the EU had the desire to take a step ahead, our perspective on some points right here might have modified much more”.
“We’re ready for Putin’s go to to Turkey”
Referring to Ankara’s relations with Moscow, Hakan Fidan identified that developments in Syria, power points, the amount of bilateral commerce and the presence of Turkish firms in Russia are extraordinarily essential in bilateral relations.
He reminded that the go to of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Turkey is pending. “We’re ready for Mr. Putin’s go to to Turkey. There have been invites from our president. There was their election course of and ours. I believe these points can be mentioned within the coming days,” he famous.
“Russia, China and Iran are shifting in direction of a structural partnership. That is one thing that was attributable to the conflict,” burdened the Turkish Overseas Minister and described as essential the truth that Putin listed one after the other the situations for Russia to cease the conflict in Ukraine.
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