ok back here with me here is a reminder of the top stories leave us lost in fear is battles with thousands fleeing the rest u.s. and u.k. forces remain on standby and many fear international involvement could become another form of oppression. hundreds are still out on the streets in egypt saying they will stay until all their demands are met i don't want to the first arab states to call for democracy it's the empty businesses which are now feeling the bitter aftertaste of revolution. and almost six decades after joseph stalin's death

a dispute over his legacy still loud and clear in russia the controversial soviet leader is idolized and demonized in equal measures. up next we'll talk to turkey's special representative on european security to find out how angry views the ongoing crisis in the arab world spotlight is next. well. bringing you the latest in science jim thank you all from the realms of russia. we've got the future covered. hello yeah the walking to spotlight the interview show on r.t.

i'm probably not today my guest in the studio is at the scene at a chicken. turkey is actively campaigning for its candidate to fill in the chair of the always seen set for the general other campaigners are promoting well trained and experienced diplomats but he stumbles says europe will never find anybody with such a neutral position as that man however there's resistance to the turkish candidate coming from irony you want in the meantime what is the stumble trying to bargain for moscow we're asking the special representative of the president of turkey a european security at the scene. of the unrest in the arab world started late last year in tunisia where rioters forced the head of state out of office again arrest become spread across north africa and ended the long standing regime in egypt and with ongoing protests in bahrain libya and yemen the

air in the middle east is hot and many of the demonstrators are demanding the turkish model of democracy they hope to reap the benefits of its unique merging of islam and secularism it's created one of the world's strongest growing economies rivaling brazil and china. mr hitchens and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for taking time for me to research and can you tell us a couple words about your candidacy for the air we see what's what's the main things that worry you today rose to record it right i spent most of my career in international organizations and in particular in d.c. as c.e.o. of secrecy i'm following actively c.s.u. it's the process from the cold war years see today is. going through it billy painful period can i start a summit meeting did not feel defense factor result. what i see should play

a role in. the conflicts and creating a more secure safer when ross more prosperous prosperous iraq plan to get a new ratio region saw turkey has decided at this point of time is it your asian country to nominate. seniors a diplomat who is an expert on do is see so if elected i would be particularly focusing on the yeah it across the striking the balance among the three is by mentions poll mill political military but by mention economy and environmental dimension and who human than a dimension and of course the issue is to break the conflict cycle as be heard a few minutes or we should break a complete cycle and we should just put off because these people are being less

that so i am planning if i'm elected i'm planning to be a very active. good secretary general. in full correlation with the chairman office and of course with the support of the people six persuaded states and spotlight will have their very own front of the very top you. yes that's true most of the protesters in the arab world today they say that they would like to see a turkish model of democracy in their countries after these popular uprising do you think that this may happen and if it will happen do you think that the turkish model will work in the a radical political culture well. i'm not in a position to pressure the respond this question. here. in my capacity to pick and turkey people do is see but in my personal capacity i can say

that. turkey may be a source not it is true but not set a model turkey has a different history. of all month of republican history and arab regimes are different but so we do not bring the model of turkey so-called model or turkey. a secular democratic country with a predominantly muslim population. does not set a model for the region but it's a good source of inspiration of a source of inspiration right well well you sound very russian i mean the ideology you're of course heard about this russian idea of a sovereign democracy like we see when americans say you're democracy doesn't look like the american democracy we say we're sorry in the result some people think it's

funny some people are serious now to do you think that really. the democratic rule in every country should be well maybe not sort of a special there should be a special type of democracy for every culture and every part of the world is that true world not exactly. of course there are certain rules of thumb across the universal is. universal rules of thumb ocracy the basics of democracy basic pillars of democracy this is what gives inspiration yes should remain the same of course. un. and c and other international organizations have. set the norms but. taking into consideration the internal dynamics and it will lucian of a country historically will listen of a country there might be an lancers but i don't think. we can define democracy

according to the conditions of each and every country what we are against imposing certain rules or people look what's happening on in the middle eastern countries the people's will are you know seen in the streets they have in the you know. articulated what they wanted in a peaceful manner in egypt and then eventually pull twenty days the president a sort of cool name in the country. compelled to accept. because what the why is why prime ministers made it very clear. the people bring people who know. rulers so so what you're saying is very interesting is that we may stick to different specific rules in different countries

in order to keep universal principles that the principles are universal rules may be rules may vary nuances you want your answers could be different because as i said it before. the. history of the evolution of the country is different. in turkey people in the middle east that's why we should but really in pause early demands. and the conditions are right cultures are ripe for this year in which a person you know the question related to what's happening in egypt some of the countries in the in the arab world people in the west and most of the politicians think that any popular uprising is good this is going to be change for the better for democracy and so what many people russia are less optimistic they think that these these popular unrest may mean the stabilization in these countries and things

may change to the worse what do you think what's your point of view do these things necessarily lead to destigmatize ation and do they necessarily lead to more democracy world when we look at history. popular pupils. cost changes. but because force instability because sometimes splot bloodshed. i do not. say or i do not agree because each and every our people. would lead to a stable peace and security and prosperity. and. more in agreement. with the russian people it depends how just because it is behind up we will.

know the worrying thing about was going on in the region now is the possible raise of the number refugees coming to europe may this be a problem. you're talking about the big ration probably believes iraq yeah well me gratian. of course a particularly important issue for the international organizations. to be bitter experience and trigger the more than five million migrant for cross and migrant workers. you'll hear a turkish migrant workers in your home turf he is a route is a major route for migrants through a shortage of the e.u. for me gratian turkey is a transit country. a distillation country. country of source but no more tries

a country gratian if the hostile tree is not well prepared because as always problems on both sides on the comment and on the side of my good purpose sometimes . they lose their lives when crossing the seas with a very you know primitive bots do you think migration can pose a threat to security into. these well. security. particularly from the or c. point of view is invisible each and every issue can. threaten the security also and we gratian may cause. some problems from the social point of view not hardcore security but it may cause some security problems on both sides again. gratian issue is like

a double edged sword says. the chain the special representative of the president of turkey security spotlight will be back shortly right after the break so stay with us. ah. this is the tom foreman and lobo just told me of creation of the bill the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. sure not trading the actual physical grain or trading promises for graeme to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons model like light silver or gold they can be negotiated and afforded some

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a chain the special representative of the president of turkey european security. mr ching many observers even in russia and especially in the west today speak about the elevation turkish role. in the world in general and especially in the middle east they say the influence of saudi arabia is falling on the role of turkey is increasing those turkey does ankara share this assessment. well. there's a certain. activism in the turkish foreign policy since some time. it's hard to ignore turkey's economically. getting well we have overcome the difficulties originating from the global economic crisis and. we are pursuing a proactive foreign policy in the region and zero problem policy holds and

be made. peace. with all of our neighbors all and be our lifting. requirements yeah neighbors and a new peace cultural is in making by the initiative of thirty. some years ago would be impossible to see prime minister papandreou to see in turkey. attending. the opening of the ambassador annular bassos corporals for example has a cyprus problem here. because of several problems the cyprus. is not a problem between turkey and greece because there are intercom you know talks continue but in general turkey economically and politically. one of the emerging countries and it's more effective and it has more weight

in its region and beyond until afghanistan. the turkish government recently has been pretty outspoken in defense of the people of gaza do you think that we should expect maybe we should expect the lifting of locate. that has been there for for many many years. i love to mystic industry strength or not. again i can answer those questions in my personal history which i'm not in a position to talk for you know on the health of my government but of course turkey has the planned it because depended by several of the peoples and countries in the world and we want to keep our optimism in that regard one of the questions one of the problems of this concern is in russia today is

the play and time missile defense that you know clowns to to set their anti missile sites close to the russian borders and of course the russians are mostly worried that such missiles may be may be based in the former soviet republics for example in georgia but on the other hand we hear that that and the alternative is to deploy these these anti missiles in turkey do you think that turkey will be prepared to become to become the base for these for these elements of the american anti missile shield first of all it's not the american state or. in the me in the last people summit meeting. and principle a dream an agreement was reached so the details are still worked thought but of

course in principle he. has given it's constant as a nato country as a nato country not as an american i'm correct in that it's a project that i guess the missiles will be american but the project today is now a joint nato project. nato project its native korea would would do people in turkey think about it how they i mean other key with their missiles because people in russia not only journalists like myself but people they are worried about their. we don't want these things even close to our territory what about the truth what do they think well turkey is a democratic country there are people supporting this idea there are people against but in general the people stayed behind a decision taken by the government so they're not really working or they don't consider as a threat why why should a bit of red is not a good thing and turkey is not giving anybody else but it's one of the policies of

nato decided in nato it's part of collective defense saw i think we do not see is a threat to anyone well then you might. explain to me why are the russians so much afraid of those of those anti-missile system there for the russians is it just a political principle i mean they don't want it because it's coming from the west coming from nato from the united states or do they have serious some other reasons to be afraid of well you. know the world has prefers to. you know two big wars and ideological divisions for getting into a twentieth century saw a deep pastrana was. its normal cost rommel's will continue for some time and it will take some time for russia. to trust on the west old nato russia castle yeah

those of you who were working body but i think those fears or concerns are mostly political so so so you think it's not it's not a matter of principle or some sort of a like a procure a game that there's a russian diplomacy is playing with us it's more of a psychological matter like a there isn't like syndrome in this country that's my perception because to be. who i can talk about would be perceived russia as a threat since a long time we see russia. as a st strategic partner or thirty so so so i mean maybe we just have to wait for a new generation the next generation of politicians of diplomats to come to come to power to office well to help to help. get us closer to true spiritual impact. most of thoughts fears and concerns. like a logic psychological reasons behind them well i know

a year you mentioned an interesting thing you said the charity is trying to make friends with all of the needs. but nearly all of the navy's well i know that turkey is following the situation in the north caucasus clearly what's your what's your personal attitude to the situation negatively kind of bad and is it is it any any any way any similar to the russian attitude to the same. well. i can answer this question is a candidate. you would see. because if i am elected i will be representing six countries including armenia and azerbaijan so or since a long time this. conflict situation is going on it was called cross and. name to a protracted conflict this should be solved through the particular person we are

against the use of force and minsk group established to within the context of toys see. the cultural mission for. the russia process and the i.c.c. work well but also in the music group turkey's also in the middle school a fine yeah a peaceful solution and this i'm proud to be you're hearing the words the use of force oppose the use of force in today's world under the today's conditions are not you know sounding well. we want an early resolution often a lot of corporate problem through the efforts of miss group so in that regard in the same boat. hugh said you're hearing the words use of force in resolving conflicts from who i am hearing these words know i made their point in principle are not hearing. words maybe some years ago but

they are giving i think there's a pretty good chairs. resolving to destroy them through the diplomatic means and. the states heads of states or both countries are getting together to. actually i am personally optimistic also. russian role is so important in resolving this problem you know it's been a mystery for me for for many years now because i remember a witness that as a journalist when the government cut a conflict. like like like it was a major fire in the south caucasus in this country in soviet union now for many many years both sides rimini and. the governments the presidents the the paralysed ordinary people nobody no longer speak said about going to war nobody is saying i don't know about the their minds out loud nobody is voicing

their what he said about the use of force and he just said the same thing so why can't they come to peace for every start you know a peaceful solution nobody's talking about war but still they can come to to a peaceful solution was that really well as you we also know with other generations of. you use of force. as an operator concept. in walking the use of force is not resolving the. problems is getting it's making them more complicated but not only in the area but elsewhere in the world wherever the conflict. you know blasts it tends to be a chronicle one in the years to come because the public opinion the practice of public opinion the practice of changing governments the fact of elections. you know it's going on and on in the caucus area in trust history an area for georgia

something some other events took place but use of force has never been and it's particularly in today's conditions is not acceptable to the international community thank you thank you very much for being with us and just to remind you that my guest in the studio today one of the special representative of the president of turkey when you can secure ety mr seem changed and that is all from all of us for the moment if you want to have your sense part like you can always try to get baffled more comments on what's going on in and out russia until then stay in our team and thank you thank you thank you kiran.

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