Turkey To Revive Alliance Of Civilizations Initiative
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published November 13, 2018 | 11:04 PM
Turkey will revive the intercultural UN "Alliance of Civilizations" initiative, the country's foreign minister pledged on Tuesday.
"If we don't take these steps, reverse these trends, I'm afraid the world especially Europe will go back to the pre-World War II days, making them the victims of extremist and racist currents.
"Co-sponsored by Turkey and Spain, the Alliance of Civilizations was formed in 2005 with the aim of building mutual respect among people of different cultural and religious identities.
Cavusoglu stated that under the initiative, Turkey encourages all countries to have peace and stability. He stressed the importance of Turkey's soft power at the international level through, for instance, humanitarian aid and jobs projects. "Strengthening soft power is one of our foreign policy priorities," he remarked.
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