Davutoglu: "We don't see any evidence of foreign elements ..."

(Reuters) - "Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday a new era was sweeping the Middle East and it was up to its leaders to embrace change or risk being cast away...

The world, he said, was changing and a young generation of Arabs "wanted more dignity, more economic prosperity and more democracy. ..Now wise leaders in the region should lead this process rather than try to prevent it. Those who try to prevent this process will face more difficulties like in Libya.... Many young Arabs look to Turkey as an example of a Muslim country making democracy work within a secular framework, thanks to far reaching reforms undertaken in the last eight years by a ruling party that emerged from Islamist parties a decade ago.

Asked about accusations by Syria that "foreign elements" had stirred two weeks of anti-government protests, Davutoglu said: "We don't have any evidence....."