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TURKEY INSISTS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ISRAEL'S RAID
ANKARA (A.A) - 14.06.2010 - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey insisted on establishment of an international commission to investigate Israel's deadly raid on Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Davutoglu and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Madicke Niang of Senegal held a press conference after their meeting in Ankara.
Davutoglu said an international participation in commission that will be established by Israel would not be an international one.
"If an international commission is not set up and Turkey's rightful demands are ignored, Turkey has the right to review its relations with Israel," he said.
Replying to a question, Davutoglu said, "the crime was committed in international waters, not in Israel's territorial waters. A commission which will conduct an inquiry into an attack staged in international waters should be international. We demand that an international commission should be formed under the supervision of the UN with participation of Turkey and Israel. We will insist on this matter. We lost our citizens in this attack."
"We believe that Israel, as a country which attacked on a civil convoy in international waters, will not conduct an impartial inquiry," he said.
Davutoglu said his European counterparts also supported Turkey's demand for international commission.
"Turkey expects the international community to take action on the matter. Otherwise, there will be some measures to be taken by us," he added.
Israel's raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip left nine Turkish people dead and several people wounded on May 31.
Davutoglu and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Madicke Niang of Senegal held a press conference after their meeting in Ankara.
Davutoglu said an international participation in commission that will be established by Israel would not be an international one.
"If an international commission is not set up and Turkey's rightful demands are ignored, Turkey has the right to review its relations with Israel," he said.
Replying to a question, Davutoglu said, "the crime was committed in international waters, not in Israel's territorial waters. A commission which will conduct an inquiry into an attack staged in international waters should be international. We demand that an international commission should be formed under the supervision of the UN with participation of Turkey and Israel. We will insist on this matter. We lost our citizens in this attack."
"We believe that Israel, as a country which attacked on a civil convoy in international waters, will not conduct an impartial inquiry," he said.
Davutoglu said his European counterparts also supported Turkey's demand for international commission.
"Turkey expects the international community to take action on the matter. Otherwise, there will be some measures to be taken by us," he added.
Israel's raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip left nine Turkish people dead and several people wounded on May 31.
