The US Ambassador to Ankara says farewell to the World of Politics and Business Pearson: It would have been fine if Iraq crisis had not occurred…
A farewell reception attended by politicians and businessmen was held in honor of Robert Pearson, who has held the office of US Ambassador to Ankara for approximately 3 years and is to go back to the USA on termination of his term. The common opinion was that Pearson was a master diplomat and that as a friend of Turks, he played an important role in recovering relations between Turkey and the United States that were injured during the Iraqi Operation…
The reception held by Turkish-American Businessmen Association (TABA) in honor of Pearson was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Abdüllatif Şener, Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Bülent Tanla, Chairman of Motherland Party (ANAP) Ali Talip Özdemir, and Deputy Chairman of the True Path Party (DYP) Mehmet Ali Bayar, as well as several Members of the Parliament and businessmen…
TABA Chairman Zeynel Abidin Erdem said that the Ambassador Pearson played a highly important role in the most critical period of the relations between Turkey and the United States…
ERDEM: Friendly hand of the USA
Stating that there has always been a single friendly hand reaching to Turkey in the most difficult times experienced since 2000, Erdem said, “We had extremely tense and critical times due to the incidents before and after the Iraqi operation. The pressures on our statesmen had increased to the utmost level. We have succeeded in getting away from such situations through reciprocal dialogues and goodwill owing to your endeavoring efforts and deep knowledge of the matter…
Deputy Prime Minister Abdüllatif Şener: Turkey is transparent
And Deputy Prime Minister Abdüllatif Şener said that Robert Pearson has made great contributions to strengthen and improve the Turkish-US relations at highly critical times that also concern Turkey in terms of international politics during his term of duty that began on September 21, 2000. Stating that there has been a substantially important cooperation between the two countries particularly for the last 50 years, Şener said, the United States has made great contributions to Turkey and that also Turkey has provided the USA with any facilities in this relation…
EXPECTATIONS IN RELATIONS
Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Bülent Tanla, Chairman of Motherland Party (ANAP) Özdemir, and Deputy Chairman of the True Path Party (DYP) Bayar also stated that Pearson has performed his duties as an elegant diplomat and intimate friend in the most critical period of the Turkish-US relations… In his speech he delivered, the US Ambassador Pearson said that the storms were inevitable, and the strength of ships were measured as to how much they could endure the storms. Speaking in Turkish, Pearson said, “The past was left in history and now we should continue to work together”, emphasizing that the world was not as it was 50 years ago and that the history would not stop.