以色列前情报头目称需要修复与土耳其关系

　　BRUSSELS (Reuters) – It may take months of intense work but both Israel and Turkey have a vested interest in rebuilding ties after the Gaza flotilla assault, a former head of Israel"s foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday.

　　Efraim Halevy, the director of Mossad from 1998-2002 and a former senior adviser to a succession of Israeli prime ministers, said the flotilla attack, in which nine Turkish men were killed by Israeli forces, had severely damaged relations.

　　But he said ties between the countries were not built on sentiment alone, and that both were conscious that their history and shared interests were worth protecting and rebuilding, even if it might take time and hard diplomacy to achieve it.

　　"Relations between Turkey and Israel have seen many, many years of very sincere and very profound cooperation," Halevy told reporters in Brussels, where he was speaking on terrorism threats in Europe.

　　He said there was "a deep understanding" in Israel of the importance of Turkey in the Middle East.

　　"There is an effort, a very difficult effort, but an effort that has to be made on both sides -- I would say also on our side, on the Israeli side -- to do whatever is possible to preserve these relations which have served both countries over a long period of time," he said

　　据英国媒体报道，以色列情报机构摩萨德前任领导人阿勒为6月10日表示，尽管以色列和土耳其之间的关系因为物资运输船一事出现严重问题，但两国对修复关系存有共识。

　　阿勒为说：“以色列和土耳其的关系不是仅靠感情维系，两国都清楚的认识到，两国间的历史和共同利益证明，两国关系需要维护和重建，尽管（这一目标）需要时间和外交努力才能实现。以土很多年来一直保持真诚的关系，两国的合作也非常深厚……以色列需要尽力弥补裂痕。”

　　5月31日以色列海军向一艘驶往加沙的装有救援物资的运输船开火，致船上9名土耳其人身亡。事后土耳其要求以色列接受国际调查但遭到拒绝，土以两国关系恶化。 (来源：中国日报网 于盟)