IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE,

UNCLAS ANKARA 007289 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ SUBJECT: IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOT IN JORDAN - WILL TRAIN IN DIYARBAKIR AND/OR IRAQ REF: STATE 322329 ¶1. Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at the Turkish police training facility in Diyarbakir. Turkey, Okcun said, would not participate in the police training in Jordan, but was looking favorably at the possibility of sending some police trainers to Iraq as well. ¶2. Okcun will travel with Ziyal to Washington the first week in December and will be available for further discussion of this issue. EDELMAN