NICOSIA, Cyprus – Dr. Ibrahim Kalin, the chief adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, emphasized Wednesday in a conversation with Haaretz that Turkey intends to normalize its relations with Israel across the board. “From the return of the ambassador, the renewal of joint military maneuvers, military and civilian cooperation, ministerial visits, and to all other areas, relations will return to how they were before the flotilla incident” of 2010, Kalin said.
Full article here: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/turkey-set-on-fully-mending-ties-with-israel-says-prime-minister-erdogan-s-adviser-1.374331
It’s Turkey’s “no enemies” foreign policy ideology at work. No more, no less.
Two quotes from the Haaretz article:
‘Kalin stressed that an apology from Israel must be an integral part of any future agreement between Ankara and Jerusalem’.
‘Kalin confirmed that Erdogan intends to visit the Gaza Strip, although no date had been set’.
NATO skunks will remain NATO skunks and mere tools of the Empire. Erdogan’s politicking in MENA was for internal consumption and other intelligence shenanigans with the Ziocons….
If the reconciliation between Turkey and Israel depends on an apology by the later, we can be sure it won’t happen:
“”This is not protection but betrayal of our soldiers. An apology is a defeat on the battlefield and on the state arena; it is a sign of weakness and uncertainty,” the minister [Avigdor Lieberman] said.”
http://en.rian.ru/world/20110722/165331293.html