Turkey's exclusion from the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum is not the right step.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from former Jordanian Prime Minister Aoun al-Hasauna.

"Undoubtedly, Turkey should have been included in the forum from the very beginning. However, the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum has become a forum created to keep Turkey out. This format will not work. There is no legal or moral explanation for a structure that excludes the countries of the region and Turkey," the former prime minister said.