 |
New NATO chief hopes to fulfill commitments to Turkey
When reporters recalled the agreement he reached with Turkey in Strasbourg/Kehl Summit in April, Rasmussen said that they had reached a common understanding with Turkey, and he had full confidence that the agreement would be fulfilled. Noting that he would do his best to fulfill the commitments, Rasmussen said that he also believed the support of NATO members.
Rasmussen also said that elimination of obstacles before EU-NATO cooperation would be one of his priority, adding that this would be the main issue he would discuss during his visits to Turkey and Greece.
Rasmussen said that one of the other priorities of NATO Secretariat General was to develop relations with Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait) and Mediterranean Dialogue (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Jordan, Israel) countries. He added that he would hold bilateral talks with the ambassadors of these countries.
Rasmussen said that he would convey his views to the ambassadors to develop the relations with Islamic countries.
In Strasbourg/Kehl Summit in April, Rasmussen said that he would closely cooperate with Turkey during his term in office, and Turkey was an important NATO member acting as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East.
Rasmussen had also said that Danish police and prosecutors were carrying out an investigation whether Roj TV (broadcasting from Denmark) had an economic connection with PKK terrorist organization and whether its broadcasts provoked terrorism. He said Danish authorities would do their best to close down the TV channel if necessary proof was obtained.
Rasmussen had also promised to assign a Turkish official as one of the highest-level assistants of the NATO secretary-general.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BERİL DEDEOĞLU |  |
||
| Yemen and beyond | |||
| ABDULLAH BOZKURT |  |
||
| Turkey and Mexico: Distant yet so close | |||
| ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ |  |
||
| Google kidnaps Gül! | |||
| İHSAN YILMAZ |  |
||
| The Egyptian elections, Islam and Islamists | |||
| MARKAR ESAYAN |  |
||
| There is need for a new initiative | |||
| EMRE USLU |  |
||
| Operational errors | |||
| HASAN KANBOLAT |  |
||
| Are Russian tourists being discouraged from visiting Turkey? | |||
| CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON |  |
||
| The modern ‘Great Game’: women’s role and status | |||
| KLAUS JURGENS |  |
||
| Back to the ’80s | |||
| KATHY HAMILTON |  |
||
| Random acts of violence | |||
| MERVE BÜŞRA ÖZTÜRK |  |
||
| Adding insult to injury in Uludere | |||
| NICOLE POPE |  |
||
| Shifting responsibility | |||
| YAVUZ BAYDAR |  |
||
| ‘Errorism’ | |||
| ORHAN MİROĞLU |  |
||
| ‘Strategic vision’ | |||
| ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ |  |
||
| Turkey through Amnesty International’s eyes | |||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
