Iran Warns Turkey to Avoid Warming up Relations with Israel
Mon Dec 21, 2015 3:52
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry asked the Turkish government to
rethink its policy of gradual resumption of ties with Israel.

Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman
Hossein Jaber Ansari referred to the May 2010 killing of 10 Turkish
activists on board the Mavi Marmara ship by an Israeli raid on the six-ship
flotilla and the darkening of bilateral ties between Ankara and Tel Aviv at
the time, and said despite the incident, ties between the two sides still
continued.

He warned Turkey about attempts to resume relations with Israel, and said,
"The Muslim governments should adopt policies which meet their and the
Islamic Ummah's interests as well as the rights of the Palestinian nation."

"The Turkish government shouldn’t pursue a different path (in relations)
with the Quds Occupying regime under such conditions that its relations with
the neighboring governments have gone under certain developments," Jaber
Ansari said.

He expressed the hope that the Turkish government would provide the ground
for resolving the existing problems given Iran's resolve to manage and
settle the regional crises.

His remarks came after officials from Turkey and Israel said Friday that
both sides are poised to re-establish diplomatic ties after years of tense
relations.

Top Israeli and Turkish officials met for secret talks last week in
Switzerland, where they worked to complete a deal to restore relations that
collapsed in 2010 after 10 people, nine Turkish citizens and one
Turkish-American, were killed when Israeli commandos raided a Turkish ship
carrying activists trying to break Israel’s economic blockade of the Gaza
Strip.