UKRAINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemns attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya and says he hopes unrest will not sideline democracy there.

Record ID: 217602

  • Title: UKRAINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemns attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya and says he hopes unrest will not sideline democracy there.
  • Date: 13th September 2012
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (SEPTEMBER 13, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VIKTOR YANUKOVICH SIGNING AGREEMENT ERDOGAN'S HANDS SIGNING ERDOGAN AND YANUKOVICH STANDING, SHAKING HANDS AND EXCHANGING AGREEMENTS JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, SAYING (AS TRANSLATED): "We definitely conde
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA1LAW48FRSB2FZZVXOQ61IRBKY
  • Story Text: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday (September 13) condemned the attack on a U.S. mission in Libya two days before that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

    "We definitely condemn the fact that United States ambassador and three other embassy staff were killed. And we are concerned about it," Erdogan said at a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, where he was meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.
    Erdogan said he sympathised with the United States.

    "We were always fighting terrorism, and moreover, we are the country which fights terrorism now, so we know very well, what it is," Erdogan said.
    The U.S. military dispatched a Marine Corps anti-terrorist team to boost security in Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in a U.S.-backed uprising last year.
    Erdogan said he wished for political stability in Libya.

    "I hope that these events won't be in the way of democratic changes in Libya," he said.
    The attack, which U.S. officials said may have been planned in advance, came on the 11th anniversary of al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
    Before his comments, Erdogan and Yanukovich were greeted by Ukraine's military honour guard and then met with their respective delegations at the Ukrainian presidential palace. Following the talks, Yanukovich and Erdogan signed a joint agreement on education, business development and transportation.
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