Davutoğlu: Turkey and U.S. remain strong allies, friends

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey and the U.S. “remain strong allies and friends” and that “consultations between the two countries also benefit other regions.”

According to Today’s Zaman, Davutoğlu delivered a speech at the U.S. Independence Day reception at the U.S. embassy in Ankara, where he said Turkish-American relations “had evolved in a positive way,” recalling a close alliance between the two countries during the Cold War.

Noting that Turkey and the U.S. have worked together on a number of problematic issues after the Cold War, Davutoğlu said the two countries are now “two model partners,” which has largely developed after the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Turkey in 2009 as part of his first overseas trips.

Davutoğlu said ties between the U.S. and Turkey “are not only limited to security or military relations but also have cultural and economic dimensions.” He said the area that relations between the two countries covers “is now bigger and that this is important not only for the U.S. and Turkey but also for other regions.”