"Siniora asks for Turkey's mediation, as Erdoğan hesitates
Thursday, January 4, 2007
BEIRUT - Turkish Daily News
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Lebanon's prime minister urged his Turkish counterpart Wednesday to use Turkey's political capital with Iran and Syria to secure change in their approaches to his country.In an exclusive interview with the Turkish Daily News, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said that during his brief meeting here with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdoğan he asked for specific help to convince Iran and Syria to abandon their current approaches to his country which he said were contributing to an ongoing political crisis.Siniora said during an impromptu, half-hour interview that he, �brought to Erdoğan's attention (the proposal) that Turkey could warn both Iran and Syria that they should abandon their attitudes regarding Lebanon."
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