By Abdul Hamid Chohan
ANKARA
Turkey's new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has a remarkable vision of the Muslim world that can promote peace in the conflict zones, according to Sartaj Aziz, National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser to Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif.
"His elevation comes at a time when the Muslim world is in a very serious crisis; I hope that his vision will lead to some initiative that will promote peace, which will bring welfare and prosperity," Aziz told Anadolu Agency.
He said Davutoglu had "a remarkable vision" regarding the Islamic world and the role Turkey should play in the region.
Turkey's newly appointed Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his cabinet last Friday, a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assigned him to form a new government. He was the foreign minister in the previous cabinet.
When asked about the ongoing operations of Pakistani armed forces against Taliban groups in the north, Aziz said that people who gave up their arms and accepted rule of law would be welcome to live in the country, but those who challenge the writ and constitution of Pakistan would be dealt with force.
The army has secured three major towns, including the region's administrative center Miranshah, but are still battling militants in the more remote Shawwal valley and Dattakhel regions, where the militants have reportedly regrouped.
It has mainly targeted the main coalition of Taliban groups, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
As a result of the conflict, nearly a million people have been forced to take refuge in adjoining districts, which do not have the resources to cope with such numbers.
Aziz also said they do not want the Jundallah organization, based in Iranian Balochistan, to use Pakistani territory to conduct attacks on Iran.
He said they had cooperated with Iran to arrest and apprehend the terrorists.
Jundallah is a militant organization based in Iranian Balochistan fighting against the Iranian government for the rights of Sunnis in the country. The organization has been designated as a terrorist organization by Iran and the United States.
To a question regarding the insurgency led by Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, Aziz said that the current situation had been created by the deprivation of people of justice and their rights.
"This is a very worrisome situation for the entire Muslim world, particularly the Arab world, the political processes in all the important countries in this part of the world have been interrupted, the outside world is trying to impose solutions and bring about changes in governments and then they cannot control the outcome," he said.
"So the Arab Spring unfortunately looks like an Arab Autumn now. Let's hope that the local wisdom will come together with forces that are more unifying and inclusive."
Led by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, has declared a caliphate that straddles parts of Syria and Iraq, and has driven an estimated 1.2 million Iraqis from their homes.
The insurgents have particularly targeted Shiite Muslims, Turkmen, Ezidis, and Christians.
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