Dave Van Kesteren at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 18th, 2012. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2012 / 9:40 a.m.

Conservative

Dave Van Kesteren Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON

I'm thinking of the Arab Spring. We all recognize that what's happening in Syria is a continuation of that. Turkey was the first to adopt democracy and has done a marvellous job in the past and the present of demonstrating that it's attainable, and it's something that other countries in the area want as well.

Those other countries that have gone through this strife in the last few years, have they come together with Turkey and sought Turkey's leadership in brokering peace, or is Turkey doing it on its own?

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