Merkel Says Turkey Is Essential to Resolving Refugee Crisis
- German leader cites `great concern' by Turkey over fresh wave
- Merkel met with Turkish Premier Davutoglu at UN on Saturday
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said working with Turkey is essential to curtailing the flood of migrants out of Iraq and war-wracked Syria, and in grappling with the region’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Speaking at a United Nations sustainable development summit in New York on Sunday, Merkel said she pledged to bolster cooperation with the government in Ankara after meeting yesterday with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The premier expressed alarm that the deteriorating conflict in Syria could spur another wave of refugees, Merkel said.