rs and this needs to stop," said Hillary Clinton in Istanbul.
Clinton was answering questions posed by youth and members of non-governmental organizations during a live appearance on Turkish TV channel CNN-Turk. She attended the Fourth Meeting of the Libya Contact Group on Friday.
"I don't know anyone who was able to predict the exact events
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"It is the people of those countries that can enact change. What we want is to help those countries during their transition to democracy
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Referring to Syria, Clinton said, "Stability is required but it must be the right kind of stability."
She said they wanted to see a peaceful transition in Yemen and reforms in Jordan and Bahrain among other countries.
She also addressed Iran and said that the United States will do all it can to prevent Tehran from having nuclear weapons and that there were no differences with Turkey on that matter.
"We have very close cooperation with Turkey on this matter. We share a similar strategic assessment but that doesn't mean we always agree on tactics," said Clinton.
Regarding perceptions that Turkey might be looking Eastward rather than to the West
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Clinton said that the United States condemned the violence by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) which killed 13 Turkish soldiers on Thursday and that combating terrorism was one of the mutual concerns of both countries.
All problems should be tackled by having a broad political process and not by resorting to violence, she said.
"We continue to cooperate with the Turkish militar