Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA2119
2006-04-19 04:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002119
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/18/2016
TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL
PSI PARTICIPANTS
REF: A. STATE 57481
B. ANKARA 1961
C. STATE 56944
Classified By: Political-Military Counselor Timothy A. Betts
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002119
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/18/2016
TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL
PSI PARTICIPANTS
REF: A. STATE 57481
B. ANKARA 1961
C. STATE 56944
Classified By: Political-Military Counselor Timothy A. Betts
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and
Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge
Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in
the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said
Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a
positive response from the GOT, which believes that PSI
supports the interests of every country, particularly
Turkey's Central Asian neighbors.
2. (C) Yavuzalp added that some of the countries have already
indicated their interested in PSI by notifying Turkey of
their planned participation in Anatolian Sun, the combined
air, land and sea PSI exercise that Turkey will host next
month. Azerbaijan, for example, has committed to send one
representative to the exercise. Yavuzalp also noted that
Iraq plans to send four individuals.
3. (C) Additionally, Yavuzalp confirmed, Turkey is extending
invitations to GCC countries to participate in Anatolian Sun,
as requested by the US (refs b and c). Given the short lead
time before the exercise, the GOT has asked its embassies in
each country to deliver the invitations. Yavuzalp just
returned from the PSI Operations Expert Group meeting in
Miami and was uncertain of the level of positive response but
pledged to track down that information.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/18/2016
TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL
PSI PARTICIPANTS
REF: A. STATE 57481
B. ANKARA 1961
C. STATE 56944
Classified By: Political-Military Counselor Timothy A. Betts
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and
Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge
Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in
the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said
Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a
positive response from the GOT, which believes that PSI
supports the interests of every country, particularly
Turkey's Central Asian neighbors.
2. (C) Yavuzalp added that some of the countries have already
indicated their interested in PSI by notifying Turkey of
their planned participation in Anatolian Sun, the combined
air, land and sea PSI exercise that Turkey will host next
month. Azerbaijan, for example, has committed to send one
representative to the exercise. Yavuzalp also noted that
Iraq plans to send four individuals.
3. (C) Additionally, Yavuzalp confirmed, Turkey is extending
invitations to GCC countries to participate in Anatolian Sun,
as requested by the US (refs b and c). Given the short lead
time before the exercise, the GOT has asked its embassies in
each country to deliver the invitations. Yavuzalp just
returned from the PSI Operations Expert Group meeting in
Miami and was uncertain of the level of positive response but
pledged to track down that information.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON