Davutoglu: Turkey will not withdraw from UN's Gaza flotilla panel

Despite its dissatisfaction with how a U.N. inquiry into an Israeli flotilla raid is progressing, it is out of the question for Turkey to withdraw from the panel, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday. “Talks continue. However, our reaction will not be positive if a stance contradicting the U.N. report of last year is taken,” Davutoglu told a TV program. “Currently, there is a norm in the United Nations on the issue. This norm will be damaged if some bypass this norm and approach [the issue] with a tone that says this incident is a crisis between Turkey and Israel and both parties have to be reproached,” the foreign minister said. “The U.N. would contradict itself [if it does so]. We will not accept this.”