Israel wants to make peace with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday, but he urged Damascus to stop supporting terrorism. “We want to make peace with Syria, if there is a peace we will be satisfied and be happy,” Olmert said in a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We especially want Syria to stop supporting terrorism and abide by the rules set up by the international community.”
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the new Palestinian government must “openly and clearly” agree with the demands of the Quartet of the Middle East negotiators. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in remarks published on Thursday that economic sanctions against Iran would force Tehran to “review” its nuclear programme.
Olmert arrived in Turkey late on Wednesday for a two-day visit, hoping to discuss ways to rein in Iran’s suspected efforts to build nuclear weapons. The UN Security Council has imposed limited sanctions on Iran, but many countries are reluctant to go further and cut all trade ties to the energy-rich country. Washington has urged European nations to follow the US in cutting such ties with Tehran. “If economic sanctions were imposed, Iran would be forced to review its position,” Olmert said in an apparent reference to a more robust approach to sanctions. “I believe that Turkey and many other countries will need to change their ties with Iran,” he said in an interview with Turkey’s Milliyet newspaper. |