is this just tough talk from ankara or is a military response likely?this is certainly a ratcheting up of tension by the turkish government. this morning and offering full support to the opposition, the words of the prime minister, to bring the tyrannical regime down it is an indication that turkey is hosting many leaders of the syrian opposition. the question remains, will the support extent to arms are facilitating the transfer of farms into rebels in syria? up until now, turkey said it would not do that. a major concern is this warning of syrian forces close to the turkish border. this poses a major dilemma. they have been moving forces close to the turkish border to curtail the smuggling of arms to rebels in syria which has markedly increased already. did they withdraw and that the arms smuggling increase or do they fail to keep up the warning? and start a conflict could bring nato in? >> what about the possibility of a turkish military incursion into the border area? the prime minister floated the idea earlier this year. he said he would speak prot

that tack against its members statements came during an emergency closed door meeting assemble that ankara's request. president putin urges restraint between israel and the palestinians are not to take action alone palestinian leader mark warner abbas says peace talks cameras start all jewish settlements are still being built. and the dead domino rolls across the eurozone cyprus becomes the fifth state to admit it needs balancing out citing heavy exposure to greece that spain awaits its own hundred billion euro by fine. next started talks to syria's deputy foreign minister for the government's take on a solution to the ongoing crisis and his reaction to international efforts to mediate. the doctor general robert mood head of the united nations supervision mission in syria explains that the u.n. observer mission has been suspended due to an escalation of violence and a lack of peaceful options for resolving the conflict and the warring parties determination to strengthen their respective military positions thank you for joining us. thank you would you agree these were the main reasons for sus

leaders prepare to meet to discuss the incident syria claims the plane was over its territory while ankara's to it was on a training flight in international airspace. and the world's most wanted whistleblower julian assange still waits to find out whether ecuador will grant him political asylum because despite seeking refuge at the country's london embassy next episode of his t.v. show is ready for air right here on our t.v. . next artie's paul the slayer interviews a former front runner for the egyptian presidency for his take on what the future holds for the country. with me i have a moose a presidential candidate in egypt's recent elections and also the former head of the arab league so thank you very much for joining us here on our team many people were surprised that you did not make it through to the second round of the recent presidential elections why do you think you did not do as well as expected i was among those who were astonished that i didn't make it but this is the most prosy. old. there is outside not guaranteed that never again. but i'm glad that the democratic process as w

our top stories nato condemns the shooting down of a turkish military jet by syria shall stand by ankara but damascus maintains it acted in self-defense by targeting the plane over its territorial waters on friday . president putin tours the middle east pushing for a dialogue between israelis and palestinians having already focused on the syrian conflict and nuclear you drawn during his visit. the eurozone crisis claims its fifth victim as cyprus asked for a multi-billion girl balance out to rescue its people banking sector and financing debts it follows in the footsteps of spain which saw twenty eight of its banks downgraded after madrid asked for financial aid. next hour to talk to syria's deputy foreign minister for the government's take on a solution to the ongoing crisis and his reaction to international efforts to mediate in in his view fuel the conflict. dr feisal general robert mood head of the united nations supervision mission in syria explains that the u.n. observer mission has been suspended due to an escalation of violence a lack of peaceful options for resolving the conflic

decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an urgent meeting of the alliance ankara says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet by damascus as an act of aggression war correspondent tests are silly it is in brussels and will be joining us shortly live from there with an update. the turkey claims meanwhile that the downed jet was on armed and it was simply tasking the country's radar system but the head of an independent syrian media outlet says ankara was probably spying on damascus. it could be there they were just saying. it was locked and the silence was actually . artillery that shut it down with a maximum range of five kilometers on what was the stands i'm doing fine goes away from. our land our territorial water i don't think the needle or any legal. situation for putting any more pressure on syria it's something else the vision it was doing it over have sitting cording or trying to spy on the syrian army's movement in that area because there is a kind of hot air you will be this close to the syrian border there is actually a sense of or or

turkey has vowed to respond to the recent downing of his jab by syria was a terminations that says ankara deployed troops and tanks to the syrian border the turkish plane was shot down over the mediterranean a week ago turkey insists the fire was hit over it ashleigh waters were a serious as it was targeted and its airspace jeremy salt who is a turkey based professor of middle eastern history and politics says another incident could stretch times between ankara and damascus to breaking point. one just to see what's happening. in the tension between syria and turkey. and up to the border of syria is doing the same on the other side so quite clearly even though it seems that nato doesn't want to intervene in syria because of the dangers what is trying to do is to bring down the syrian government by just watching a war of attrition from within another incident like this could trigger off you know because it's in between the top two countries and i think relation i mean you want john to say when it would happen if it would happen but that's right no. and for more on the syrian crisis you can

turkish fighter jet by syria but fell short of calling it an attack on the alliance but something that ankara a member of the bloc had been pushing for an emergency meeting in brussels saying damascus committed an act of aggression or to test or sylvia has more well it was a very short statement at the end of this a closed door meeting essentially nato said that to syria's downing of the turkish jets is unacceptable and a need to condemns it in the strongest possible terms and also that it stands by a turkey in a show of solidarity when asked to elaborate on what specific actions could follow after this most and simply did not want to give any details and he says that he hopes and things that it just will not happen again this is an emergency meeting was called by turkey under article four of the a founding treaty of nato which states that should any of the members feel threatened it can call a consultation and it has to be said that any action under article four should be a consensus in there for anyone to. the members could stop any joint action though we know that the dutch government for

syria after prime minister tayyip erdogan gave orders to react to any syrian threat at the frontier ankara says this comes in response to the recent downing of one of its fighter jets the plane was shot down after entering syrian airspace a week ago turkey insists the fire was hit over international waters and only crossed into syrian territory briefly and by accident jeremy salt who is a turkey based professor of middle eastern history and politics says another incident could bring ties between ankara and damascus to breaking point. one has to see. the plan as it's very significant. in the tension between syria and turkey and so it is just one step on the. opposite. side of the other side so quite clearly even though it seems that nature doesn't. want to intervene in syria because the danger is what is trying to do is to bring down the syrian government by just watching the walls which nations from within and also inside like this who. you know because it's in between the top two countries and i think elation i mean you want to say when it would happen if it would happen but that's right

it seems clear that anger of -- ankara is not keen on intervention in syria. what are turkey's fears here? >> they are afraid of being out on a limb. they do not want to take on syria without the backing of the international community. the native guarantee was assessed today. if there is going to be an international community intervention, turkey does not want to be out there alone. it wants a large international coalition, especially with the support of the united states which as unique capabilities. >> and there are genuine fears of sectarian violence? >> i think that is somewhat true. there is the fear of sectarian violence as you saw in iraq. but we have seen syria descend into chaos and violence already. i think you can make the strong argument of what we're seeing now would be worse than what would happen if the international community intervened earlier. now you are really seeing strong divisions in syria, without much international community intervention. >> ok. thank you very much for joining me again. similar issues keep popping up over syria. >> in

as i mentioned, that heat keeps building in the south and east. 27 in kiev. 30s in bucharest and ankara. 36 in athens. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. do join us again.

that a turkish military convoy heading to the syrian border -- it is ankara's response to syria downing one of its warships. authorities said at his precautionary but warn any further provocation will prompt military action. two bombs that -- explode out said the house of justice in damascus. syrian state tv described the bombings as terrorist attacks. ford is posted by the board is on the internet reportedly shows fighting in the country. escalation has prompted a new plan to end the conflict. it foresees a unity government, including supporters of the regime and the opposition. the plans will be discussed in geneva on saturday. russia supports a political transition but says it will not back demands for president assad's resignation. >> the meeting in geneva was intended to support kofi annan's plan, but it must set the conditions for the end of violence and the start of an all-syrian national dialogue. not predetermine the contents of this dialogue. >> he said syria's should be able to design their own future -- decide their own future. spokesman for the syrian opposition said it wou

take a look at this temperature here in athens. 35 degrees and ankara at 33. that's not going to be helping contain the wildfire in greece. okay. take a look at your three-day forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

and take a look at ankara, 33 degrees. well above average. here's your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. on behalf of our news team here, thanks very much for joining us on nhk world. have a great day wherever you are.

and take a look at ankara, 33 degrees. well above average. here's your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

ankara at 33. that's not going to be helping contain the wildfire in greece. okay. take a look at your three-day forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. on behalf of our news team here thanks very much for joining us on nhk world. have a great day wherever you are.

as i mentioned, that heat keeps building in the south and east. 27 in kiev. 30s in buicharest and ankara. 36 in athens. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. japan's prime minister says it's essential to restart central japan's ohi nuclear plant. now, the mayor of the host town looks to give his consent. the plant in ohi town is offline for scheduled safety checks. the prefecture's nuclear safety committee has declared the plant's number three and four reactors safe. ohi's mayor is expected to tell the town assembly thursday that he supports switching the reactors back on. fukui's governor also needs to give his approval before the plant can come back online. >> translator: we will listen to the opinions of the prefectural assembly and ohi town before we reach our decision. >> the governor will inspect the ohi plant on tuesday. he's expected to make his decision as early as friday. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

nato condemns the shooting down of a turkish military jet by syria and valises them by ankara damascus maintains it acted in self-defense by targeting the plane over its territorial waters on friday . president putin says russia's stance by the two state solution to the israel israel palestine conflict as he held talks with president mahmoud abbas the russian leader stressed both sides need to exercise restraint and stick to peaceful means to resolve the dispute. the eurozone crisis claims its fifth victim assigned croissants for a multi billion euro bailout to rescue its people banking sector and finance its debts it follows in the footsteps of spain which saw twenty eight of its banks downgraded after madrid asked for financial aid. coming up next a surprise arab search for freedom a structural crisis in the west and new hope coming from latin america that's the modern world in the eyes of noam chomsky enteric ali two prominent thinkers and gas son julian assange has next episode here on our team. well to the. point is the magic of transforming airplanes into jet trains dirty diesels

defenses have destroyed a turkish fighter jet thought it violated their space in the country's north ankara however is now vowing decisive action in response well correspondent in damascus with an ocean has more on this developing story. both turkey and syria have now confirmed that turkish fighter jet was downed by syrian military but still the countries have different views on why and how it happened we are hearing from local media here in damascus that syrian military officials are saying that they acted according to international law because the plate did violate the regulation and did and to the syrian airspace and they also say that the plane has been flying at low altitude and at the very. is that makes. a difference they still made me want to keep saying that has made you a little late well it was flying over the turkish part of the new terrain in following the emergency meeting of the country's security council we've been hearing from the turkish prime minister as a gonzo face that turkey is ready to take all measures necessary decisively when the details of this incident and most

for rescue and search operations and we've been hearing strong words following this incident from ankara described as a hostile action as an act of aggression and western countries have also condemned syria for raising an acceptable and disproportionate became very serious position remains a clear whether that was an act of self-defense and it's been behaving within the international law off to the plane did violate its airspace and it had no choice but down it's off to these happened and experts to tuesday's meeting of the two members say that turkey may use this opportunity to try to persuade the lies his members to consider these incident as an attack against turkey and if this happens the reason a potential restart to the alliance is members may invoke article five as well that says that an attack against nato members should be considered as an attack against the entire blog and in this case every day and age nation. the nato has the right to take measures we've been hearing from western countries that they're ready to use damascus and of course in this case here is our main fears ar

he met with turkish leaders in ankara as well. commenting at that time senator mccain said this has not been easy or cost-free for turkey, but it's the right thing to do, and it demonstrates the compassion of turkey's great democracy. so i'm not going go through his bio. you all know it. his distinguished record as an american hero during the vietnam war. his long service to the united states in the -- in the house and senate and his bid for presidency, but suffice it to say that senator john mccain has always been true to his values and that has reflected in his friendship for turkey. the middle east institute is honored to welcome the senator and to give -- so please join me in a warm welcome for senator mccain. >> thank you, wendy, for that kind introduction and you had to mention that i ran for president, i guess. huh? i often say after i lost i slept like a baby, sleep two hours, wake up and cry. sleep two hours, wake up and cry. thank you, wendy for your leadership of the middle east institute, your many years of service in

leaders prepare to meet discuss the incident syria claims the plane was over its territory while ankara's insisting it was on a training flight in international airspace. and the world's most wanted was to go to the sun still waits to find out whether they could or were granted political asylum despite seeking refuge at the country's london embassy final episode of his t.v. show he's ready to go on a ride. with his youth in the latest action from the world of sport and so know you are twenty twelve semifinal for england but when you stare out just in time for everyone to watch wimbledon instead time not beautifully didn't into the semifinals instead of but as you see the wimbledon fortnight starts today some big russians in action as well kerry coming up right now. thanks for joining us on grip the have your company this is sports and a plenty ahead including these stories and great. italian job the is very celebrated after knocking out england to reach the semifinals of the european football championships. sponsorship premal fernando alonso moves to the top of the formula one tree follow

decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an urgent meeting of the alliance ankara says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet by the mask this as an act of aggression artie's rif an ocean that has the latest. they to officials will be gathering for an emergency mission in brussels late on tuesday and that's off to turkey's request the country has invoked article four all the alliances chalta that allows any of its members to call for consultations a fits feels that its territorial integrity will national security have been threatened the last time i want to call for it was invoked in two thousand and three shortly before the iraq invasion and back then again that was took this initiative this time took it has called for me taking full consultations off to its fanta just will show dawn by syria and turkey and syria and turkey is insisting that it will show dollars while it was flying over the international rule to some thirteen miles away from the syrian coast it's also been saying that to syria had been firing on another i took a plane that's b

attack against its members statements came during an emergency closed door meeting assembled at ankara's request. president putin urges restraint between israel and the palestinians and not to take action alone president cheney and leader mahmoud abbas says peace talks camera start all jewish settlements are still being built. and the dead domino rolls across the euro zone cyprus becomes the fifth state to admit it needs bailing out citing heavy exposure to greece that says spain awaits its own hundred billion euro wife i'm. a surprise arab search for freedom and institutional crisis in the west a new hope coming from latin america that's the modern world in the eyes of noam chomsky and tarik ali two prominent thinkers and now guest on telling us all just show here in archie. welcome to the. point is the magic of transforming airplanes into jet trains dirty diesels into greedy rail dreams double down the profits by building instead of out in the germans will you please east for the summer no job here on r.g.p. . you've got to. time julian assange. yes yes. it is true what you read. is th

also reportedly building up its own forces with dozens of times being deployed relations between ankara and damascus are at a crisis point after syria down a turkish warplane just last week for violating the country's airspace right now inside syria the violence does go on and the latest incident two blasts in the capital targeted the palace of justice party's maria from has been to the same. right now to see don't think it happened here in the old damascus so you can see cars and taken away and the sea is not cleaned this is a problem. that we still receive in conflicting reports on how many people have been affected sana syrian news agency is reporting that three people have been injured but it's very hard to confirm it's very hard to get any information about what happened here earlier today on the ground any police and security people but the u.n. refused to talk and refused to mention on the incident the fact that these has happened in the very very center of the syrian capital rises questions and concerns over the security situation here in damascus has been under governmental con

but is one a training flight the incident on friday seriously raise tensions between the two with ankara saying it's too involved nato in the affair syria maintains the action was defensive and not aggressive earlier want it would retaliate without specifying how turkish and syrian search teams have report. he found the tickets plane in the mediterranean sea meanwhile turkey's foreign minister says that the incident is to be referred to made to next week stressing the flight to jet had been shut down without warning brian back. and she says the issue shows the delicate state of affairs in the region. i think what we see is syria a small country a government that has been independent sense independence mean while it sometimes collaborates with the west it has not been considered to be a proxy or a client has been targeted by the western powers and by the turkish government which of course is part of nato and by their regional proxies saudi arabia qatar for overthrow and the overthrow is designed not to bring a more humanitarian or more democratic government to syria but to create a client

decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an emergency meeting of the alliance ankara says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet damascus as an act of aggression so let's now get the very latest in the syrian capital how far is the u.s. led alliance expected to go in dealing with this dispute. well very this question still remains open but indeed nato officials will be gathering for an emergency meeting in brussels later on tuesday and that's off to turkey's request the country has invoked article four all the alliances chalta that allows in your words members to call for consultations if it feels that its territorial integrity will national security have been threatened the last time article four was invoked in two thousand and three shortly before the wreck invasion and back then again that was took his initiative this time took he has called for a meeting for consultations often it's fanta just will show don by syria and in syria and turkey is insisting that it will show dollars while it was flying over the international rule to some thirty mil

training flight testing the country's radars but that of an independent syrian media outlet says ankara could have been spying on damascus it happened long after the game is the fictional syrian pilots it could be we're just saying it was months and you suddenly it was actually. artillery that shut it down with a maximum range of. what it was that i'm doing five kilometers away from from our. territorial water i don't think the need to or to have any legal. situation for putting any more official in syria it's something else that was doing there perhaps that in courting or trying to the spy on the syrian army is movement in that area because there is a kind of a how to area to be this close to the syrian border is actually a sense of some kind of police and intelligence one. now continuing on unrest in syria leaves the government no choice but to buy arms from abroad so says a top syrian diplomat and in an interview to r.t. . as a nation currently under attack syria has the right to procure weapons that it can use to protect its sovereignty. so the countries that have been supplying the

downing one of its warplanes last week the turkish move may bring already strained relations between ankara and damascus to a breaking point just ahead of a major international talk on the syrian crisis this weekend in geneva and as artie's peter all of our reports it's not the only route which is likely to overshadow the gathering. those differences really boil down to what involvement iran should have if any countries like the united states in great britain say that iran shouldn't be involved who we heard from said again today who reiterated russia's stance on this which is that iran isn't just a neighbor to syria that tehran exerts a certain amount of influence over damascus and that iran is a major player in that region sound and as in that role they should have a say and what's decided about the future of that part of the world look at that and you see the schoolkid we're not talking about stopping bloodshed in syria iran is certainly an influential player in this situation alongside other nations in the region and not inviting to run on board the geneva talks on sea. it's a mistake we

history and politics says another incident like that may bring already strained relations between ankara and damascus to a break. one has to see what's happening with this shooting down the plane is a very significant. so the notch in the tension between syria and turkey and the response to that by moving. troops up to the border and the scene that syria is doing the same on the other side so quite clearly even though it seems that nature doesn't at this stage want to intervene ultimately in syria because the danger is what is trying to do is to bring down the syrian government but starting a war of attrition from within an incident like this could trigger off you know a collision between the two countries and a conclusion i mean you can't say when it would happen if it would happen but that's where we are right now. now turkey's confrontation with syria may heighten tension the head of a major international set of talks on the syrian crisis this weekend in geneva where the talks are aiming to unite influential states behind proposals for a syrian led political solution to the ongoing cr

a two involved nato in the if then syria maintains the action was a defensive and not aggressive ankara earlier want it would retaliate without specifying how turkish and syrian search teams are both trying to find the two missing pilots meanwhile take his foreign minister says the incident is to be referred to nato next week stressing the fighter jet had been shut down without warning brian beckham not the answer and to walk the emissions says. they should show you the delicate state of affairs in the region. i think what we see is syria a small country a government that has been independent sense independence mean while it sometimes collaborates with the west it has not been considered to be a proxy or a client has been targeted by the western powers and by the turkish government which of course is part of nato and by their regional proxies saudi arabia qatar for overthrow and the overthrow is designed not to bring a more humanitarian or more democratic government to syria but the create a client regime in that important strategically important arab country so this incident is heighte

ellman day visiting professor of international relations from bill kins university in turkey live from ankara. julian a son chaz breaking his silence there for the first time since taking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london where he still always a decision on his request for political asylum in his interview the release editor said that even if his p.c. is unsuccessful his dramatic move has drawn the world's attention to what he describes as a conspiracy against him office treated by the u.s. for the brings us more from london. escape avoids these the words you're going to hear in the media at the moment relating to his songes decision what he said is that this is not about avoiding the sexual assault allegations against him in sweden far from that is that he thought really this was never about sweden it was the fear of what would happen to him once he was in sweden and the involvement of the us. from. the very serious. to the announcement was made by discreetly that i would be detained without charge. your next edition if you were born frees prosecutor to come here you carry the part

nato says they'll now look into what happened syria maintains it was just protecting its sovereignty ankara which is a nato member says the plane crossed into syria by mistake just before being head but was in international airspace at the time of the incident you know why it's is said to discuss the situation tuesday had turkey zero quest the wreckage of the plane has been located in the mediterranean but the two pilots remain missing meanwhile syrian state television reports the country's border guards stopped a group of militants trying to cross into syria from turkey patrick headings in from in four wars dot com says turkey's involvement in the syrian conflict benefits nato as plans. turkey is playing both sides trying to play both sides of the fence with regarding syria they've also been giving refuge to free syrian army guerrillas that are western backed. a run across for protection over the turkish border and they want to go back into syria to conduct raids but again the the western agenda i'm afraid to say this the western agenda on syria is already decided certainly turkey is a nat

as turkish combat troops backed by anti-aircraft batteries mass on the country's northern frontier ankara is considering putting in place a buffer zone but syria also reportedly building up its forces in the area. reports from damascus. we're getting a lawman reports on foreign troops being deployed at or headed towards the syrian borders from the north west and south some original media believed to have close ties with israel intelligence reports heavy saudi troop movements towards the jordanian and iraqi borders after king abdullah put the country's military on high alert for joining in the uprising against president bashar assad in syria its report of the special units have tanks misawa special forces and batteries and the plan is to enter jordan then move towards syria further and then and to syria and establish a security zone around the towns of better result that i and others known as the epicenter is over the uprising against the syrian regime western gulf sources also reporting that jordan is on war alerts to we're hearing this image reports that turkey is continuing to build up

your bomb administrator and so i'm home alone in the france david cameron england and authorities in ankara want a civil war in syria because nor bloody knows what's going to happen next so therefore moscow's attempts to get a large grouping of international countries together. to come up with some sort of plan d. do you think that really is the first sign of any interest in doing that what this is the only possible rational adult solution for this problem but when you when you see people nowadays talking about grouping of people from the syrian opposition or council talking about an interrupt for an intervention outside of the e.u. when. so this means what this means on other elite all war all obviously it's going to be if it goes through the security council will be vetoed by russia and china and even all other countries but if it come up with some sort of legally instrument which considering what's been happening since the iraq war for instance is very easy to find we're going to have sooner or later illegal foreign intervention from some g.c.c. countries qatar where i am at the moment i

professor of middle eastern history and politics says another incident that stretched ties between ankara and damascus to breaking point. one has to see what's happening with the plane is a very significant. in the tension between syria and turkey and so you can respond to that by moving. up to the border that syria is doing the same on the other side so quite clearly even though it seems that nature doesn't want to intervene in syria because of the danger is what is trying to do is to bring down the syrian government by just starting a war of attrition from within and also in cities like this who triggered you know a collision between the two countries and i think elation i mean one can say when it would happen if it would happen but that's right now. and for more on this here and krises again have their web site r.t. dot com and there you'll find video footage of pain by r.t. or when alleged massacre in the syrian city of hama a syrian family claims their relatives were slaughtered by rebels the story a more. now it's been a tough night in brussels were leaders had to make mutual conces

firefighters are still out there ankara lou is out there with team corning, good morning -- team coveragemorning. >> reporter: we are by the west oakland station and they have been working for roughly the last half hour and what we have been told are the tracks are not damaged but the isn't soul laters -- insulators were burned and this will be a mess for commuters. again, here is more video of folks walking the tracks just a short time ago, they have been doing this for the last hour and there is no service this morning. when we got here at 3:00 we heard explosions and saw a lot of spot fires. this is a three-alarm fire and these are senior apartments that are under construction and they tell me they were in the framing stages of this project. he said it was surreal watching this project go up in flames. they saw this fire burning from miles away. >> i was watching the bay bridge and i saw the flames and as soon as i saw it, they grew as we came close and we immediately pulled off it looked like it was covering a large area. >> firefighters inspectors, police officers, quite a few, still

level that it has reached so far it is thanks to the efforts they have done during the service in ankara. i worked with both of them and ambassador pearson with the turkish parliament so it continued. is there anything left the done? of course. in between two countries with so many diverse interests. the economic, political and cultural and other levels at the regional level i would not say international because turkey is not yet at the point where it could assume global rules. the country which is starting to assume regional responsibilities and covered the long distance in this direction but countries like iran which is actually poised to become a nuclear power and egypt now having gone through is also gaining its identity with the military maintaining certain laws but egypt is going to remain a very important country in the region so turkey has to compete with iran and egypt to become an important factor in the region and has advantages and disadvantages and turkey can perhaps for the regional roles, american vested interest in the middle east, in certain parts of the balkans and cent

ankara wants political cover. when turkey -- normally, turkey is not soft. the act in their national interest as they see fit. but i think we have to help the turks to be the best turks they can be here. go create a buffer zone. we should not be constraining them. if the turks are genuinely interested in a leading role, we are certainly not doing it. but we should not be stopping them from doing it. a buffer zone, it would be a water -- a watershed for syrian opposition. it would create mass defections. we should be recognizing the syrian government, like libya. that is, not only booting out syrian diplomats, but turning over the embassy to the syrian opposition. there is now talking to them anymore unless they want to talk about going to venezuela, pteron, or moscow. i think they are beyond the pale. we should act like other nations like libya. thank you. >> thanks, david. it is a pleasure to be up here with you. thank you very much. it was a huge stir all to be here with senator -- huge thrill to be here with senator mccain and delivering the keynote. i wo

the level at this reach so far thanks to the efforts that they have done during their service in ankara i am very grateful to them. i work with both of them come with ambassador pearce and when i was minister and ambassador wilson went now is chairman of the e.u. committee and the turkish parliament. so our friendship continued. is there anything less to be done in the turkish-american relations clicks yes, of course. in between two countries, which have so many diverse interests. on the bilateral level, economic political cultural and other levels and also the regional level. i will not see international level because turkey is not yet at the point where it could assume global rules, global act tuberose. i regard turkey is a country which is striving to assume the regional responsibilities and pat has covered the long distance in this direction. but it of course has to compete with countries like iran, which is actually poised when you look at the ring inside to become a nuclear power. in egypt now having come through this turmoil is also gaining its own identity that the military main

mark and pat were fighting in 1977, to seeing last night the secretary of state standing up tall in ankara and really excoriating the syrians for their horrible, horrible actions in shelling and murdering their own people. that's human rights. >> you are a young man, you are working in the political realm, you have this backdrop that we are supposed to care about this stuff. what happens, and what do you do about it? >> it's magic. they offered me the job. it was not my job. my job was not nuclear nonproliferation because in those days brazil and argentina were moving to get the nuclear atomic weapons. i was the guy in the embassy working on that issue. they asked me to change jobs and take on this new thing. i said i would do it on one condition that the embassy which is hermetically sealed would be end up and they would allow people to come into the embassy. i saw my role as a foreign service officer as being kind of a soccer mid fielder. the defensemen, the goalkeepers were the family members, the brothers, sisters, the fathers, the mothers of the disappeared. they came into the embassy