Davutoglu: "Turkey had a key role in reaching Gaza cease-fire"

Turkey played a key role in reaching the recent bilateral cease-fire in Gaza, especially in convincing Hamas, said Ahmet Davutoglu, chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday. "If a bilateral cease-fire was reached, Turkey helped make this possible," he added. Stressing that Turkey was the only country trusted by both Israel and Hamas, Davutoglu said, "If the cease-fire had been a unilateral one, the Egyptian summit would have been just a meeting with no results. Turkey's understanding of the problem and its ability to talk with all sides made it possible to establish a bilateral cease-fire."