TURKEY CARRIES OUT THREATS TO WASHINGTON?
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.03.2007 16:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey refused to allow the U.S. aircraft to
exercise night training flights over its territory from the Incirlik
air base. "Turkey rates the request of the U.S. command as not
corresponding to the agreements signed with the United States,"
reports CNN-Turk with a reference to its own sources.
Besides, such requests go beyond the agreement on joint defense.
Incirlik was formed in 1954 nearby the city of Adana after
conclusion of an agreement on joint defense between Ankara and
Washington. According to the agreement signed in 1980, the primary
unit stationed here is the 39th Air Base Wing.
It was earlier reported that in case the U.S. Congress passes the
resolution calling for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
Turkey may impose limitation on the U.S. use of the air base.