(NIAG 1094) TURKISH COOPERATION WITH IRAQ (S)

S E C R E T ANKARA 008961 SIPDIS DEPT. FOR NP/RA J. SMITH, EUR/SE, EUR/PRA, NEA/NGA AND INR/SPM E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2012 TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ MNUC UNSC SUBJECT: (NIAG 1094) TURKISH COOPERATION WITH IRAQ (S) REF: A. STATE 251315 ¶B. STATE 147264 ¶C. ANKARA 6489 ¶D. ANKARA 5666 ¶E. ANKARA 3653 Classified by Pol-Mil Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 B and D. 1.(S) On December 11, Operation Northern Watch POLAD delivered to MFA Iraq Deskoff Ferhat Alkan ref A demarche on cooperation between Turkish firm Yapa-Dis-Ticaret and Iraq. Alkan said he would immediately forward the information to the relevant GOT authorities and get back to us as soon as he had additional information. ¶2. (S) Also on December 11, Econ Counselor raised ref A information with Turkey's new Under Secretary for Foreign Trade Tuncer Kayalar. Kayalar said Turkey would not allow any items on the Wasenaar list to be exported to Iraq. Econ Counselor responded that this was not sufficient; Turkey should process all of its Iraq exports through the UN system. DEUTSCH