Turkey hopes that the Arab-Israel conflict can be solved peacefully and “within the framework of the United Nations,” Turkish Foreign Minister Fuat Koprulu told a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent today.
Responding to questions about Turkey’s attitude toward the Arab states and Israel and about the Turkish Government’s ideas for preventing Arab-Israel hostilities, the Foreign Minister said that Turkey’s stand on the Palestine question had been taken in “loyalty” to UN decisions. Warning of the real danger of war in the situation, Mr. Koprulu said that the conflict must be resolved as soon as possible, in accordance with justice.”
Asked if Turkey’s efforts to expand the Bagdad Pact and win the friendship of the Arab states was weakening Israel-Turkish relations, Mr. Koprulu said that Turkish-Israel relations must be divorced from the campaign to extend the Bagdad Pact. In an obvious reference to the recent Soviet moves vis-a-vis the Arab states, the Foreign Minister charged that the Arab-Israel conflict has been stirred up by those who have secret designs on the Middle East.”
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