TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY DELIVERS DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO ISRAEL
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.02.2009 12:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered Saturday
a diplomatic note to Israeli Ambassador to Ankara Gabby Levy over
Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi’s verbal attack on Ankara.
"These remarks violated all forms of diplomatic practices, and
contradicted with the historical and current realities therefore
these accusations and nonsensical talks targeting Prime Minister and
the country had been protested by a note," the Turkish MFA said in
a statement.
"Furthermore, we have stressed that the relevant statements of Avi
Mizrahi are ungrounded and unacceptable and as such we have requested
an urgent explanation from Israeli authorities," it said.
In a separate statement, the Turkish army said the commander’s remarks
are in an extent that could harm the bilateral relations.
"These remarks, as the way they were published in the media reports,
are considered to be misleading the facts, unfortunate, unacceptable
and more importantly in an extent that could harm the national
interests between two countries," the army said in a statement posted
on its Web site.
The military also called on the Israeli army, "which is considered to
be attaching great importance to its relations with the Turkish Armed
Forces," to clarify Mizrahi’s monstering, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
On Friday, Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi, a veteran professional officer,
called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to look in
the mirror.
He went further to accuse Turkey of committing massacre of the
Armenians and suppressing Kurds. Mizrahi also mentioned the Turkish
occupation of northern Cyprus.