Tuesday 5 April 2011

Turkish mediation efforts underway to solve Bahrain crisis

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Turkish mediation efforts underway to solve Bahrain crisis
Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu travelled to Bahrain on Tuesday in an effort to help resolve the worsening political crisis in the country.
The news of Davutoglu’s visit to Manama was announced after the meeting of Turkish Council of Ministers in Ankara on Monday.

Before the trip, Davutoglu held a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, on the ongoing developments in Bahrain.

Salehi and Davutoglu highlighted the importance of bilateral consultation in order to find a solution to the Bahrain crisis and help the people of this archipelago nation achieve their demands for reforms without the foreign interference.

Their conversation also involved the latest situation on the ground in other Arab countries.

Davutoglu is scheduled to hold talks with Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Khalifa as well as a number of other Bahraini officials and representatives of some political parties.

Iran and Turkey have great potential to mediate between the governments and the opposition groups of the Middle Eastern countries which have been rocked by popular uprisings, particularly Bahrain.

Iran and Turkey play complementary roles in resolving the issues facing the region and their cooperation would promote peace and security in the Middle East.

Now that Tehran and Ankara have expressed their readiness to help settle the problems of regional countries, the situation is ready for the mediation efforts to be launched.

On March 21, Bahraini foreign minister met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Davutoglu in Ankara.

In his meeting with the Bahraini foreign minister, Davutoglu voiced concern over the bloody unrest in the country and emphasized that Manama officials must not let Bahrain turn into another Karbala.

In addition, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, during Erdogan’s recent visit to the Iraqi city of Najaf, urged him to take measures to help end the massacre of the Bahraini civilians.

Bahrain is now in the 51st consecutive day of anti-government protests and Saudi Arabia’s military intervention in this country has drawn strong criticism worldwide.

Regime mutilates slain protesters’ bodies

Manama regime and Saudi-led forces in Bahrain remove the body organs of those killed in anti-government protests, a political observer says.

“The bodies of the youths, who are being taken out of hospitals and killed, are being returned to their families with their organs missing,” Ralph Schoenman, the author of The Hiddedn History of Zionism told Press TV.

“That's a replica of what the Israeli armed forces were doing in Gaza and other place with Palestinian prisoners -- marketing their organs,” he pointed out.

“It's a measure of the nature of the regime in Bahrain, and it's a measure of the politics of Saudi dictatorship,” Schoenman added.

Furthermore, Riyadh and Manama regimes subject Bahrainis to other “barbaric” crimes such as killing doctors and surgeons and seizing hospitals, he said. Continued

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