Minister of Foreign Affairs Davutoğlu reminded that Libya’s former leader Gaddafi is no longer alive because he did not heed any warnings, and stated that Syrian leader Assad has also not put a stop to the violence nor kept to the promises made.
The second meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Group for the Turkey-Russia High Level Cooperation Council was held in Moscow yesterday. Following the meeting chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, the two ministers held a press conference. It was there Davutoğlu offered up a comparison by stating that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is no longer alive because he did not heed the suggestions made to him and Syria leader Bashar Assad continues to exert violence against his own people and has not fulfilled the promises made on reforms.Tags: Ahmet Davutoğlu, Sergey Lavrov, Syria, Bashar Assad, Muammar Gaddafi
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