Remarking on Israeli actions, Davutoglu said that incidents in Gaza could not be indulged.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that Turkey was eager to open its borders with Armenia, because it wanted a full integration with its neighbors.
Davutoglu delivered a speech at a conference titled "Turkish Foreign Policy in Changing World" held by the South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX) and Turkey's Sabanci University at Oxford University in Britain.
Turkey has taken measures before crises in its region and countries should prevent wars and tensions, he said.
Davutoglu said Turkey was a member of the UN Security Council and G20, and it also launched the Alliance of Civilizations initiative. "Turkey is working to contribute to global order in these three formations," he said.
Turkey wanted a secure region and neighbors in Middle East, Caucasus, Balkans and Gulf region, he said.
"Why do we so active regarding Iran's nuclear program? It is not because we defend Iran, but we want a safe region. We don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and we don't want any military tension in our region," he said.
"Political dialogue and diplomacy are needed for solutions to problems," he said.
"Azerbaijan-Armenia deal"
In regard to relations with Armenia, Davutoglu said Turkey was eager to open its borders with Armenia, because it wanted a full integration with its neighbors.
Davutoglu reiterated that Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute must be healed for stability in the region.
“…Of course we want to open our border because we want full integration with our neighbors. However, it would not be enough to open Turkey-Armenia border. We also want that Armenia-Azerbaijan border is opened so that regional stability could be restored,” said Davutoglu.
"No indulgence on Israel"
Remarking on Israeli actions, Davutoglu said that incidents in Gaza could not be indulged.
The Foreign Minister also reminded that Turkey has cancelled a military exercise previously planned with Israel and stressed that such war games will not be conducted if such military tensions exist.
Replying to a question, Davutoglu said Turkey did not have an anti-Semitic stance and that his country did not want policies against peace in its region.
Meanwhile, Davutoglu said 10 ministers would accompany Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Greece scheduled to start on May 14 and a joint cabinet meeting would take place between Turkey and Greece.
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