As the dispute between Israel and Turkey heats up, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
"Erdogan is slowly turning into Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi or Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. It's his choice. The problem is not Turkey; the problem is Erdogan," Lieberman said in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
Erdogan recently told the French newspaper Le Figaro that Israel is not serious about establishing peace and all evidence indicates that Israel is pushing the region toward war not peace. The Turkish prime minister also said that Israel is widely believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli foreign minister's remarks.
"Lieberman's remarks are beyond the limits, inappropriate, and impertinent and bear no truth. Turkey calls on Israel to trade their meaningless and unacceptable attitude for common sense," Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin said on Tuesday.
The Turkish official explained Ankara's policy regarding Israel, saying it is shaped within the scope of a principle which supports the protection of regional peace and stability.
The Turkish government's criticism of Israel has been particularly vocal since the December 2008-January 2009 Gaza war.
In addition, a TV show in Turkey that portrayed Israeli intelligence agents holding a woman and her baby hostage has strained relations between Israel and Turkey.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122649§ionid=351020204.
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