ANKARA - Turkey`s President Abdullah Gul said that the conflict in Georgia showed that the United States could no longer shape global politics on its own, and should begin sharing power with other countries.
In an interview with the British daily the Guardian, Gul said he saw a new multipolar world emerging from the wreckage of war.
"I don`t think you can control all the world from one centre," Gul told the Guardian. "There are big nations. There are huge populations. There is unbelievable economic development in some parts of the world. So what we have to do is, instead of unilateral actions, act all together, make common decisions and have consultations with the world. A new world order, if I can say it, should emerge."
Gul also spoke about Iran`s nuclear program and said the best way to deal with it was not to isolate, sanction and punish Iran.
Gul said Iran had a right to develop nuclear energy but not nuclear weapons.
"We don`t want to see weapons of mass destruction in this region," he said.
Gul also said that Turkey`s effort to join the European Union was the country`s "main agenda".
"I wish to see Turkey as an island where the European standard of democracy is being fulfilled and the free market economy is functioning very well," he said. "This will be a real gift to the region, to the world, for peace. And this Turkey will be a source of inspiration for so many.
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