By Asbarez | Friday, 20 January 2012
Obama in a friendly embrace with Erdogan
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama named Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the five leaders that he has established relations based on confidence, in an interview with Time Magazine.
In an interview with Fareed Zakaria, the Editor-at-Large of Time magazine, Obama named Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, and British Prime Minister David Cameron among leaders that he was able to forge “bonds of trust.”
Responding to a question on whether his style of diplomacy was “very cool and aloof,” and that he does not “pal around” with his counterparts, Obama said that the “friendships and the bonds of trust” that he has been able to forge with a whole range of leaders is “precisely, or is a big part of, what has allowed us to execute effective diplomacy.”
“I think that if you ask them, Angela Merkel or Prime Minister Singh or President Lee or Prime Minister Erdogan or David Cameron would say, we have a lot of trust and confidence in the President,” Time quoted the U.S. President as saying. “That’s part of the reason we’ve been able to forge these close working relationships and gotten a whole bunch of stuff done.”
comments
A Nation Betrayed, A Future to Reclaim: Why Unity is Our Only Path Forward at the 2026 Elections
Armenia Has Become Largest Buyer of Indian Weapons
ARF AU Statement: In solidarity with Tavush
OPED: The Beginning of a New Struggle
Already Scarce Bread to be Rationed in Artsakh Due to Blockade
Artsakh Political Factions Agree On New President
Pashinyan Warns International Community of New Azerbaijani Attacks Against Armenia, Artsakh
Artsakh Students, Kidnapped by Azerbaijan, Released into Armenian Custody
Artsakh Says Azerbaijan’s Demands Further Complicate Situation