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hello again to welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. i'm going to play my guest in the studio is a scene at a chicken. turkey is actively campaigning for its candidate to fill in the chair of the scene set for the general public campaigners are promoting well trained and experienced diplomats but he's counsel says europe will never find anybody with such a neutral position as their man however there's resistance to turkish can look coming from irony going on in the meantime what is the stumble trying to buy from moscow

we're asking the special representative of the president of turkey of european security at a scene at a trip. to be unrest in the arab world started late last year in tunisia where rioters forced the head of state out of office the unrest they can spread across north africa and ended the longstanding 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 hold to reap the benefits of its unique merging of his. and secularised it's created one of the world's strongest growing economies rivaling brazil and china. mr is chin and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for taking time for me to research in 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 well this time

a candidate right i spent most of my career in the international organizations and in particle in the c.s.c. or is the process on and i'm following actively c.s.u. i see a process from the cold war years see today is. going through it merely painful period and i thought a summit meeting did not yield itself fact the result. what i see should play a role in. the conflicts and creating a more secure safer when ross more prosperous and prosperous iraq planting and eurasia region so turkey has decided at this point of time is it your asian country to nominate. seniors' diplomat who is an expert on the or c. so if i'm elected i would be particularly focusing on the yeah.

it across the striking the balance among the three by mentions paul mill political military blog i mentioned economy and environmental dimension and who human done i mention and of course the issue is to break the conflict cycle as the report said few minutes ago we should break the complex cycle and we should just put off the conflicts people being blasted so i am planning if i'm elected i'm planning to be a period active. again the secretary general. in full correlation with the chairman office and of course with the support of the people six participating states and spotlight will have their very own front of the very top you. through most of the protesters the arab world today they say that they would like to see a turkish model of democracy in their countries after these popular uprisings do

you think that this may happen and if it will happen do you think that the turkish model will work in the a rabbit political culture. impact. i'm not in a position to officially respond this question. here. in my capacity in the top thirty people do it see but in my personal capacity i can say that. turkey may be a source of inspiration but cannot set a model turkey has a different history different. wal-mart of republican history and arab regimes are different so we do nothing the model off turkey so called model of 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 like a source of inspiration right well well you sound a very russian i mean the ideology you're of course heard that this russian idea of a sovereign democracy like you see when americans say you're democracy doesn't look like the american democracy we see we're sovereign democracy so some people think it's funny some people are serious about it do you think that really. the democratic rule in every country should be woke me. you know it's 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 them across the universe universal rules of democracy the basics of democracy basic pillars of the democracy this is what gives inspiration yes should remain the same

of course the. un and. other international organizations have. set the norms but. taking into consideration the internal dynamics and the evolution of a country historically walsham of a country where there might be nuances but i don't think. we can define democracy according to do called dishes up each and every country what we are against imposing certain rules on people look what's happened going on in the middle eastern countries the people's will. you know seen in the streets they have employer you know. articulated what they wanted in a peaceful manner in egypt and then eventually pull twenty days the president they

sort of cool name in the country. compelled to accept. because what the right is why prime ministers made it very clear. that people bring people in no. rulers so so what you say is very interesting is that we may stick to different specific rules in different countries in order to keep universal principles that principles are universal rules maybe rules may very. well be different you know answers could be different because as i said it before. the. history the evolution of the countries are different. in turkey different in the middle east that's why i believe should that really in pause early demands. and the conditions are ripe

cultures are ripe for this year in egypt for example ok another question related to what's happening in egypt some of the countries in the in the arab world. people in the west most of the politicians think that any popular uprising is good this is going to be change for the better for democracy and so many people russia are less optimistic they think that these these popular underestimate meaning destabilisation in these countries and things may change the words what do you think what's your point of view do these things necessarily lead to destabilize ation and do they necessarily lead to more democracy the world when we look at history. popular. he will see. us. caused changes. but because first instability because sometimes blood bloodshed. i do not. say or i don't i

agree with dawes each and every up he will. would lead to a stable clear and security and prosperity. and. more in agreement. with the russian people it depends how just because he is behind up he will. know the worrying thing about was going on in the region now is the possible raise of the number are refugees coming to europe may this be a problem. you're talking about the big ration we believe you rob yeah well me gratian. of course particularly important issue for the international organizations. we have a bit of experience in that regard the more than five million migrant workers

and migrant workers we even interview. you'll hear him talk asia migrant workers in europe in turkey is a route is a major route for migrants through a charity to the e.u. this is for me gratian turkey is a transit country. a destination country. country of source but now more transit country. gratian if the hostile three is not well prepared because as always problems on both sides on the last government and on the side of my good purpose sometimes. lose their lives when crossing the seas with a very you know primitive boss do you think migration can pose a threat to security into key in countries well. security. particularly from the or c.

point of view is invisible each and every issue can. threaten the security also me gratian may cause. some problems from the social point of view not hardcore security but it may it may cause some security problems or both sides again. gratian issue is like a double edged sword says. a chain the special representative of the president of turkey a new peace and security spotlight will be back shortly after a break so stay with us. that is me tom foreman and gloom is to me oh creation of the of the food system the

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welcome back to spotlight and i'll bring up in just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is seen at a chain the special representative of the president of turkey european security. mr chin many observers even in russia and especially in the west today speak about the elevation after kish role. in the world in general and especially in the middle east they say the influence of saudi arabia is falling and the role of turkey is increasing those turkey does ankara share this assessment. well. there's a certain. activism in the foreign policy since some time. it's hard

to ignore turkey's economically yeah going well we had overcome the difficulties originating from the global economic crisis and. we are pursuing a proactive foreign policy in the region zero problem policy holds and we have made. peace. with all or most of our neighbors if not all and b. are lifting it a bit bizarre requirements yeah neighbors and a new peace culture is in making by the initiative or thirty. some years ago would be impossible to see prime minister papandreou to see in turkey. ending for the opening of the ambassador daniel and brussels corporals for example has a cyprus problem you know well because of several problems in cyprus. is that

a problem between turkey and greece because there are intercommunal talks continue but in general turkey economically and politically. are considered part of the emerging countries and it's more effective and it has more weight in its region and beyond. it will 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 the locate . that has been there for for many many years. i got to mistake it in this respect or not. again i can answer those questions in my personal capacity which i'm not in a position to talk for you know on the health of my government but of course turkey

has declined it calls dependent by several other 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 saves their plans to to set their anti missile sites close and russian borders and of course the russians are mostly worried that such missiles may be maybe based in the former soviet republics from sample in georgia but on the other hand we hear that in the alternative is to deploy these these 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 american state or great. in the. last people summit meeting. and principle a gleeman agreement was reached so the details are still worked thought but of course in principle he has keep the what if it's called science as a nato country as a nato country and not it's an american i'm correct in that it's it's a nato project that i guess the missiles will be american but the project today is now a joint later project. if a nato project it's native. what do people in turkey think about it how they i mean other key with those missiles because people in russia not only journalists like myself but what do people know what we did out there. we don't want these things even close to our territory what about the troops what do they think well turkey is a democratic country there are people supporting decided there are people against

but in general the people stayed behind a decision taken by the government so they're not really working or not they don't consider as a threat no one why should have been broken is the to targeting turkey is the true targeting anybody else but it's one of the policies of nato decided to 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 the russians who much afraid of those of those anti-missile system there for the russians is a just a political principle i mean they don't want it because it's coming from the west coming from greater from the united states or do they have so as some of the reasons to be afraid of well. the world as for thirst to. you know big wars and ideological divisions for the twentieth

century saw the pastrana was. its normal strong as will continue for some time and it will take some time for russia. to trust on the west old nato russia causal yeah it's a very well 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 like a poker game that there is a russian diplomacy is playing with the west it's more of a psychological matter like approach that is malik syndrome in this country is by perception because be nutz. i can talk about would be do not perceive russia as a threat since a long time we see russia as this strategic partner or thirty or so so so 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 that's very true in fact. most of thoughts fears and concerns are psychologically psychological reasons behind them well i know a year you mentioned an interesting thing you said the truth he's trying to make friends there with all of the need. but nearly all of the neighbors 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 notably kind of back and is it is it any any any way and he similar to to the russian attitude to the same. well. i can answer this question as a candidate through a c. . because if i am elected i will be representing the six countries including

armenia and azerbaijan so or since a long time this conflict conflict situation is going on it was called cross on the roads were quote to name to a protracted conflict this should be solved through the thought of course we are against the use of force and misc group itself to within the context of toys see. the cochairmen ship or. the russia process and the united states work well we are also in the midst group turkey is also in the midst group. whine yeah people solution and this applies to bibi are hearing the words the use of force. of course use of force in today's world under the today's conditions are not. going well so we want an early resolution of the all of our problem through the efforts of miss group so in that regard we are in the same ball. hugh said you're hearing

the words use of force in resolving conflict from who i'm hearing these words not i made the point in principle i'm not hearing. those words maybe some years ago but they are giving i think there's a particular chair's of resolving this problem through the diplomatic means and time the state heads of states of course countries are getting together that. it could actually i am personally or to the stick 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 i witnessed it as a journalist when the indian government kind of conflict was burned like like like it was a major fire in the south caucasus in this country in soviet union but now for many

many years both sides rimini and journeys the governments the presidents the the air analysis ordinary people nobody no longer speaks said about going to war nobody is saying i don't know about the their minds that out loud nobody is voicing what you said that the use of force and you just said the same thing so why can't they come to these families stark you know to peaceful solution nobody's talking about war but still they can come to to these what solution was that. we all know which group in the generation to. use of force is out. it's an outdated 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. blasts it tends to be

a chronicle one. in the years to come because the republic opinion a fact of public opinion the practice of changing our minds the fact of elections. you know it's going on and on in the caucus area in transnistria an area for georgia. 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 think it's pretty mr sin. and that is all from all of us for the moment if you intend to send spotlight you can always drop would be back with more comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay in our team and take a look round.