Turkey must stop interfering in other countries’ affairs – Iranian MP
December 1, 2012 – 13:00 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – An Iranian lawmaker has lashed out at Turkey for
accusing Iran of cooperating with the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK),
calling on Ankara to end its U.S.-sponsored policy of interference in
the regional countries instead of making accusations, Press TV
reports.
Mansour Haqiqatpour, the deputy chairman of Iran’s Majlis Committee on
National Security and Foreign Policy, slammed Turkey for serving as
`the infantry for the United States’ politico-military objectives’ in
the Middle East.
`Instead of accusing Iran of having ties with the PKK, Turkey should
reconsider its wrong policy of interference in the internal affairs of
the neighboring countries,’ the Iranian legislator noted.
He made the remarks in response to recent allegations by Turkish
Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin, who accused Iran of backing the
PKK.
Haqiqatpour slammed Sahin’s remarks as `psychological projection,’
adding, `The initiatives currently taken by the Turkish government in
the neighboring countries, including in Syria and Iraq, are by no
means acceptable and they are the result of the wrong policy adopted
by the Turkish government.’
`Turkey accuses Iran of having ties with the PKK while it has
dispatched military forces to Syria and high-ranking Turkish military
officers have been arrested in the country (Syria),’ the Iranian
legislator said.
`Furthermore, by providing arms to the militant groups in Syria,
Turkish officials are supporting and organizing them,’ he added.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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