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International actors not negative on constitutional amendment, Turkey's FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu attended a TV program broadcast by Bugün TV Channel on Tuesday and replied to questions of reporters.
Upon a question on the recent remarks claiming that the constitutional amendment package backed up terrorist organization PKK, Davutoğlu said amendments envisaged a series of innovations such as allowing citizens to make individual applications to the Constitutional Court, trials pertaining to the 1980 military coup and accountability.
"Which one of these amendments constitutes a compromise to the terrorist organization? Will the terrorist organization be beaten down if these amendments are not accepted, or will those desiring Turkey to lose blood and become instable will gain strength in the end?," Davutoğlu said.
Davutoğlu noted that none of the amendments in the package required negotiation with the terrorist organization.
Commenting on opinions of the outer world on Turkey's constitutional amendment process, Davutoğlu said, "None of the international actors, and particulary the most influential one the European Union (EU), has made any negative comments on the content of the constitutional package".
The minister also said that not a single international actor had the capacity to direct the developments in Turkey on its own anymore.
Upon a question on Turkish-Armenian relations, Davutoğlu said Turkey had a lasting political will to normalize its relations with Armenia, moreover, it wanted to remove all the barriers including opening of its borders with this country.
"As these obstacles are removed, all the psychological, political and geopolitical barriers should be lifted as well. The Caucasus should become an economic basin as a joint unit. This means Armenia should stop invading 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory. If changes are unilateral, they do not last for too long," Davutoğlu said.
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