US asks Turkey for help with ME peace process

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, March 1, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu this week, asking for Turkey’s help in restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported on Saturday. Turkey turned down the request citing bad relations between Ankara and Jerusalem and saying the responsibility to fix the murky relations between the two countries falls on Israel.Read more JP
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