Identifier
Created
Classification
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06ANKARA180
2006-01-18 14:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL TU
SUBJECT: PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER
REF: ANKARA 7156
UNCLAS ANKARA 000180
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL TU
SUBJECT: PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER
REF: ANKARA 7156
1. MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan
Yigit provided us with a list of the 57 countries which were
invitd to participate in the May 2006 Turkish-led PS
exercise "Anatolian Deer,"annotated with their responses to
date. 17 have responded that they will attend the exercise,
3 have responded negatively and the GOT is still awaiting a
response from 37 invited countries. Yigit noted that a
positive response did not necessarily mean that the country
would participate fully, but that it might only send an
observer.
2. Countries listed as participating in the exercise were:
Albania, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Iraq, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Poland,
Portugal, United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States.
(Note: The United States is listed as responding and
participating, although a formal answer to the Turkish
invitation is still pending, -- ref a.) France and Portugal
are the only countries that have committed to providing
assets to participate in the exercise so far.
3. Countries listed as not participating in the exercise
were Belarus, Hungary, Turkmenistan. Yigit noted that
Turkmenistan claimed a lack funding as the reason for not
being able to attend; Hungary noted prior commitments that
will not allow them to commit to the exercise at this time,
but held out the prospect that that might change; Belarus did
not provide a reason for their non-participation.
4. Comment: We will continue to monitor the development of
the Anatolian Deer exercise. GOT officials are doing their
best to try to finalize the participation of additional
countries in order to allow the exercise developers from the
Turkish General Staff sufficient time to construct an
exercise that allows full participation from all countries
that desire to participate while also testing the overall
operation and execution of the Proliferation Security
Initiative.
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL TU
SUBJECT: PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER
REF: ANKARA 7156
1. MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan
Yigit provided us with a list of the 57 countries which were
invitd to participate in the May 2006 Turkish-led PS
exercise "Anatolian Deer,"annotated with their responses to
date. 17 have responded that they will attend the exercise,
3 have responded negatively and the GOT is still awaiting a
response from 37 invited countries. Yigit noted that a
positive response did not necessarily mean that the country
would participate fully, but that it might only send an
observer.
2. Countries listed as participating in the exercise were:
Albania, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Iraq, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Poland,
Portugal, United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States.
(Note: The United States is listed as responding and
participating, although a formal answer to the Turkish
invitation is still pending, -- ref a.) France and Portugal
are the only countries that have committed to providing
assets to participate in the exercise so far.
3. Countries listed as not participating in the exercise
were Belarus, Hungary, Turkmenistan. Yigit noted that
Turkmenistan claimed a lack funding as the reason for not
being able to attend; Hungary noted prior commitments that
will not allow them to commit to the exercise at this time,
but held out the prospect that that might change; Belarus did
not provide a reason for their non-participation.
4. Comment: We will continue to monitor the development of
the Anatolian Deer exercise. GOT officials are doing their
best to try to finalize the participation of additional
countries in order to allow the exercise developers from the
Turkish General Staff sufficient time to construct an
exercise that allows full participation from all countries
that desire to participate while also testing the overall
operation and execution of the Proliferation Security
Initiative.
WILSON