TURKEY HAS NOT TAKEN A SINGLE KURUº FROM USA
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.07.2007 18:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has not taken a single kuruº from the USA,
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated responding to allegations
from main opposition leader Deniz Baykal, who claimed the ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP) government made a deal with the
U.S. to assure it that Turkey will not make a cross-border operation
into northern Iraq. "The United States gave money to countries
negatively influenced by the first gulf War as compensation. However,
Turkey was not paid such money. There are no secret documents about
such a deal, either," A. Gul underlined, Bugun newspaper reports.
Earlier the Turkish Foreign Ministry had spread a special statement
in connection with the financial agreement signed between Turkey and
the United States in September 22, 2003. The Turkish MFA confirmed
the fact that there exists an agreement with the USA on assigning to
Ankara $1 billion to refuse from invading Northern Iraq. The statement
underlines that the United States has assigned $8.5 billion as a
privileged loan aimed at supporting economic reforms, as well as $1
billion as compensation for the damage from the war in Iraq. "According
to the agreement, the $1-billion compensation would be paid to Ankara
part by part. The document particularly underlines that in case of
a military operation by Turkey in Northern Iraq the United States
will refuse from giving the remaining part of compensation. But after
signing the agreement Turkey willingly refused from economic aid thus
stopping the effect of the corresponding article of the document. From
this viewpoint this agreement does not mean that Turkey has taken any
commitments in front of the USA. At that time the Treasury of the
country declared about refusing from the $1-billion compensation,"
says the statement of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
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