2018/05/09
2 min ago
Turkey's president says he fears "new crises" will break out in the region
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told CNN that he fears that “new crises” will break out in the Middle East as a result of the US abandoning the Iran deal.
“We don’t need new crises in the region,” Erdoğan told CNN’s Becky Anderson, adding that President Trump's decision is not just going to impact the region, but the entire world.
Erdoğan said Trump’s move will put the entire world economy at stake.
“That is the reason why as Turkey, we will be hit … and the United States might gain some certain positivity out of the withdrawal of this…or the rising oil prices … but many of the countries, in poverty, will be hit even harder and deeper,” he said.
When asked if he has concerns of a geopolitical war breaking out as a result, Erdoğan said, “that’s not what we would wish to see, of course … this is not what we'd like to expect."
"However, in my point of view, the U.S. would be the ones to lose," he said. "Iran will never compromise on this agreement, and will abide by this agreement to the end … that’s what I think. However, the U.S. will lose in the end.”
Erdoğan said Trump should have respected the agreement, signed by the previous administration.
“This is not how the international mechanisms work," he said. "International covenants and international conventions, cannot be annulled upon will. If any document is bearing your signature, you need to respect that. You need to abide by that.”
