Joining forces?
Rejected by Europe and regularly criticized in the West, Turkey is slowly turning its attentions and affections to the east. In the latest developments, Prime Minister Erdogan now describes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “friend”, claiming:
“Countries with nuclear weapons are not in a position to turn to another country and say: ‘You are not supposed to produce nuclear weapons,’” he said.
“Iran has consistently spoken of the fact that it is seeking to use nuclear energy for civilian purposes and that they are using uranium enrichment programmes for civilian purposes only.”
“That is what Mr Ahmadinejad has told me many times before.”
Turkish-Iranian relations have hardly been this friendly before.
