Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ANKARA418
2008-03-03 15:20:00
SECRET
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND
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S E C R E T ANKARA 000418
SIPDIS
INFO AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BISHKEK IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KABUL IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY TASHKENT IMMEDIATE
SIPDIS
ISN/CPI FOR ZARTMAN; EUR/PRA FOR FRIEDT; EUR/SE FOR MALIK;
EAP/CM FOR HIGGINS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2038
TAGS: PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
SUBJECT: TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND
SETS CONDITIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 13637
B. ANKARA 263
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt, Reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d).
(S) MFA Department Head for Aviation Hamit Olcay confirmed on
March 3 that the GOT received on February 29 an overflight
clearance request for an Air Koryo flight scheduled for March
11 from Pyongyang to Damascus, with a stop in Tehran (ref a).
Olcay further confirmed that Turkey has requested the
aircraft land for inspection as a condition for granting
overflight clearance, as the MFA had previously indicated
(ref b). The GOT has not received a response from Air Koryo
as to whether the flight will still take place.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
WILSON
SIPDIS
INFO AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BISHKEK IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KABUL IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY TASHKENT IMMEDIATE
SIPDIS
ISN/CPI FOR ZARTMAN; EUR/PRA FOR FRIEDT; EUR/SE FOR MALIK;
EAP/CM FOR HIGGINS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2038
TAGS: PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
SUBJECT: TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND
SETS CONDITIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 13637
B. ANKARA 263
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt, Reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d).
(S) MFA Department Head for Aviation Hamit Olcay confirmed on
March 3 that the GOT received on February 29 an overflight
clearance request for an Air Koryo flight scheduled for March
11 from Pyongyang to Damascus, with a stop in Tehran (ref a).
Olcay further confirmed that Turkey has requested the
aircraft land for inspection as a condition for granting
overflight clearance, as the MFA had previously indicated
(ref b). The GOT has not received a response from Air Koryo
as to whether the flight will still take place.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
WILSON