TURKEY IS NOT GOING TO CONDUCT MILITARY ACTIONS IN IRAQ, TURKISH DIPLOMAT SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.04.2007 17:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey is not going to conduct any military
operations on the Iraqi territory having the aim to crush hotbed
of Kurdish separatists, Turkey’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hussein
Avni Karcioglu stated. He said the recent military actions near the
Turkish-Iraqi border aim at fortification of state borders.

"Every country has the right to protect its state borders. For this
purpose in different countries of the world various measures are being
fulfilled near state borders, including maneuvers with involvement
of heavy equipment. Recent actions of Turkish armed forces near the
Iraqi border are nothing else than simple maneuvers," the Turkish
Ambassador stated, "Novosti Azerbaijan" reports.