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Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:40 AM
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Subject: {UAH} BIDEN APOLOGY TO TURKEY
Erdogan
Joe Biden called Turkish President Erdogan to apologize for saying that Turkey
had allowed foreign fighters to cross into Syria. Erdogan earlier said Biden
"will be history for me" if he had indeed made such comments.
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"[Vice President Joe Biden] apologized for any implication that Turkey or other
allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the
growth of ISIL (IS) or other violent extremists in Syria," the White House said
on Saturday.
Biden's office added that the vice president "made clear that the United States
greatly values" the efforts Turkey has made in combating IS, and "affirmed the
importance" of the two countries working together in that conflict.
Controversial remarks
Erdogan earlier had demanded an apology on Saturday from Biden, for allegedly
claiming Turkey had made mistakes and allowed foreign fighters to cross into
Syria.
Biden, "will be history for me if he has indeed used such expressions," Erdogan
said.
The US vice president made the comments while speaking at
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Biden said Erdogan had told him, "you were right. We let
too many people through," referring to foreign fighters allegedly crossing into
Syria from Turkey.
Erdogan disputed ever saying as much to Biden.
"I have never said to him that we had made a mistake, never. If he did say this
at Harvard then he has to apologize to us," the Turkish president said.
"Foreign fighters have never entered Syria from our country. They may come to
our country as tourists and cross into Syria, but no one can say that they
cross in with their arms," Erdogan said.
He added that Turkey had prevented 6,000 suspected jihadists from entering
Turkey and had deported 1,000 more.
Fueling the conflict
Biden described Erdogan as "and old friend," but criticized Turkey and Arab
nations for arming and
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FINANCING Sunni militant groups in Syria.
"Our allies in the region were our biggest problem in Syria," Biden said.
"What did they do?" the vice president asked referring to Turkey and Arab
countries supportive of Syrian rebels. "They poured hundreds of millions of
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DOLLARS and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against
Assad - except that the people who were being supplied were al-Nusra and al
Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the
world," Biden said.
The diplomatic row comes as "Islamic State" (IS) militants continue to lay
siege to the town of Kobani on the Turkish border. Turkey is expected to define
the role it will play in the
<http://www.dw.de/suspicion-over-turkeys-military-plans/a-17973228> fight
against IS in the near future.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said his country will, "do whatever
we can so that Kobani does not fall."
bw/dr (AP, AFP)
DW RECOMMENDS
Viele GruBe
Robukui
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