US urges Turkey to keep door open with Israel

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Turkey to "keep the door open" to better ties with Israel, a US official said on Monday, seeking to prevent relations between two US allies from deteriorating further.

"She encouraged Turkey to keep the door open," said a senior US official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity. "We want to see them repair their relationship, so she encouraged them to avoid any steps that would close that door and on the contrary to actively seek ways that they can repair (their) important relationship with Israel." (Reuters)