US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, covering seven countries covered by the European and Middle East tour will also visit Turkey. Pompeo’s programs in Turkey, in a way contrary to diplomatic practices counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, especially no talks with Turkish officials. Pompeo in all the other countries in the program of the visit also on heads of state or foreign minister level talks, Turkey program only took place meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomeos. The US State Department announced that Pompeo will go on a 10-day tour of Europe and the Middle East starting November 13.
Pompeo will first meet with President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Yves Le Drian in France. According to the program, Pompeo, who will move from Paris to Istanbul, will meet with the Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomeos. Pompeo’s statement, with Bartholomew “Turkey and the powerful stance and support around the world about the US religious freedom with religious issues in the region,” it noted that opinion.
It was stated that the US Minister will visit Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia respectively after Istanbul. It has been announced that they will hold meetings at the level of president, prime minister and foreign minister in all of these countries. According to information from diplomatic sources, the Turkish Republic, Pompeo’s visit to Turkey is not planning a meeting with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
‘ABD AYNAYA BAKSIN’
On the other hand, the Foreign Ministry made a statement regarding Pompeo’s visit. “The freedom of worship of citizens of different faiths is protected. The statements in the statement regarding the visit of the US Secretary of State are irrelevant. It would be more correct for the USA to look in the mirror and show sensitivity to human rights violations such as racism, Islamophobia and hate crimes in its own country ”.
‘WE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK’
Retired ambassador Onur Öymen said, “This attitude essentially shows the level of relations. “This behavior contains the message of the country visited,” We have nothing to talk to you about. ” Oymen, “whether official meetings in all regions of the country Ecumenical Patriği’yl only a means to an interview in Turkey. In such cases, the Turkey-US relations, shows that under the acceptable level. “This is not a normal and elegant behavior.”
Öymen noted that it is not usual for Pompeo, who is in the government to hand over the office two months after Joe Biden’s winning the presidential election, to make a comprehensive visit to Europe and the Middle East. Öymen said, “It does not make much sense where the foreign minister of an outgoing government goes, with whom he meets, it can only be a farewell visit.
Therefore, it should not be attributed too much to this. If the new Biden administration takes such an attitude, then it will be evaluated differently, but Pompeo’s visit should be regarded as a special visit. none of great importance for the future of relations with anybody talks in Turkey, “he said.
Pompeo’s end as Greece and Southern Cyprus to (GCA) Visit reminiscent of when to come to Turkey Oymen said, “This is a continuation of the attitude in the near term. Now it is necessary to focus on the new period ”.
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