ANKARA
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that the Greek Cypriot administration's unreasonable dreams in the Mediterranean forced Turkey's stance to be more different.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Miqati following a tete-a-tete meeting in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, Erdogan stressed that "Lebanon's sensitivity in the Mediterranean was in accordance with Turkey and Lebanon's joint sensitivity."
"Today, we went over our bilateral relations," Erdogan noted.
"Our bilateral relations went up by five fold to one billion USD from 219 million USD when we first came to power. Such an increase continued in 2012 despite regional political and societal turbulences," Erdogan stressed.
"I would like to stress that we are ready to make all contributions for the security of the Lebanese people," Erdogan noted.
"We support the Lebanese government's approach to the Syrian and other regional issues. Our region is going through a sensitive period," Erdogan also said.
Writing by Emre Solak
