Responding to Clinton's criticism, Lula reiterated that he feels the US position will inevitably lead to violence. "The theses on a suspected fracture of civilizations in the world, that would lead inexorably to conflict. These theories are criminal when used as a pretext for military actions so-called preventive." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressed his agreement with Brazil, criticizing the attitude of the West and the US, stopping short of calling them hypocritical. "When we hear those who speak of preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, we realize that they themselves possess nuclear weapons," said Erdogan. At a press conference at the close of the forum's session on Friday, foreign affairs ministers from Brazil, Spain and Turkey--Celso Amorim, Miguel Angel Moratinos and Ahmet Davutoglu respectively--again defended what they see as a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear conflict. "I think diplomacy is the only way to solve this important issue ... we're trying to build a new global order, and for that we cannot create a nuclear disorder," said Moratinos from Spain.
"The theses on a suspected fracture of civilizations in the world, that would lead inexorably to conflict. These theories are criminal when used as a pretext for military actions so-called preventive."
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressed his agreement with Brazil, criticizing the attitude of the West and the US, stopping short of calling them hypocritical.
"When we hear those who speak of preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, we realize that they themselves possess nuclear weapons," said Erdogan.
At a press conference at the close of the forum's session on Friday, foreign affairs ministers from Brazil, Spain and Turkey--Celso Amorim, Miguel Angel Moratinos and Ahmet Davutoglu respectively--again defended what they see as a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear conflict.
"I think diplomacy is the only way to solve this important issue ... we're trying to build a new global order, and for that we cannot create a nuclear disorder," said Moratinos from Spain.
