LONDON
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday said that "if certain decisions for the women and children escaping from the attacks in Syria are not taken today, then we will be facing more risks in the future."
Minister Davutoglu replied to the questions of BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen in New York where he is attending the UN General Assembly meetings.
Asked if inserting a military force into Syria to establish a safe zone would be an act of war, Davutoglu said that "if you don't take certain measures or certain steps on time in the future you will be facing more risks. Unfortunately, since there was no clear message and decisive position of the international community at the early stages of the crisis, Syrian regime felt confident to do more and more attacks."
"And, if you do not take certain decisions today for the women, children escaping from these attacks, then we will be facing more risks in the future," Davutoglu underlined.
Reminded about the differences of opinion in the UN Security Council, Davutoglu said that "the UN Security Council was inactive on Bosnia in the 1990s and such a position lead to the death of thousands of people."
"For three years such an inactivity in the 1990s in Bosnia resulted in 300,000 casualties, 100,000 rape cases against women, and a huge humanitarian tragedy. And the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon went to Bosnia this year and apologized because of that inactivity. I am afraid maybe after some years another UN secretary general may have to go to Syria to apologize because of this inactivity. The UN Security Council should provide the solution. It should agree on basic principles," Davutoglu underlined.
Minister Davutoglu emphasized that Turkey did not want an active war in the region but was concerned with the large numbers of Syrian refugees.
