(Reuters) Arshad Mohammed - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York where they discussed Cyprus, Syria, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior U.S. official said, "She encouraged Turkey to keep the door open" regarding Turkey's relationship with Israel. "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." Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has kept up a stream of harsh rhetoric on Israel, using a tour of Arab states last week to support a Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN and dismissing Israel as a client of the West.
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