While the AKP espouses a foreign policy of "zero problems" with its neighbours, such as Iran, and seeks to build a range of largely trade-based relationships around the world, Turkey still maintains that it is a Western partner.
Iako AKP zastupa vanjsku politiku "nula problema" sa svojim susjedima, poput Irana, i teži izgradnji niza odnosa diljem svijeta uglavnom temeljenih na trgovini, Turska ostaje pri tome kako je partner Zapada.