TURKEY – BLACK SHEEP OF NATO SUMMIT
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2006 13:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey is the "black sheep" of the NATO summit set
to be held in Riga, the capital of Latvia, starting tomorrow. Among
the 26 participant countries, the country asks for visas only from
Turkish citizens. It doesn’t even ask for visas from a number of
non-NATO member countries, such as Andorra, Malaysia, Costa Rica and
Guatemala, reports The New Anatolian.
Only red passport owner Turkish citizens will be able to attend
the summit without a visa, which means Turkish press members and
bureaucrats – who carry grey or green passports – accompanying the
Turkish President, Prime Minister, chief of General Staff or the
Foreign Ministry delegation all need visas to enter Latvia. The
official website of the summit reads, "Citizens of NATO member
countries except for Turkey (apart from diplomatic passports) are
not asked for visas."