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GENOCIDE ROW WITH FRANCE LIKELY TO KILL OFF TERROR DEAL
Hurriyet Daily News
Dec 26 2011
Turkey
One of the most concrete consequences of the ongoing rift between
Turkey and France will likely be the killing off of the crucial
bilateral anti-terror agreement that was signed in October.
"Ratification of this agreement in both countries' Parliaments in
the coming months would be surprising. And what is worst is the fact
the agreement will be null and void if it is not adopted at French
Parliament before it goes to recess in two months' time," a senior
diplomatic source told the Hurriyet Daily News over the weekend.
The adoption of the bill penalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide
escalated tensions between Turkey and France as the former imposed
harsh measures against its NATO ally. The anti-terror agreement was
signed by Interior Ministers Claude Gueant and Ä°dris Naim Å~^ahin
on Oct. 7 in Ankara. The deal focused on deepening cooperation
on the fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug and human
smuggling and illegal immigration between the two countries. It will
be as substantive as possible and will also include establishment
of mechanisms. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has an
important presence in France, where it collects financial resources to
fund the organization's terrorist acts. Paris has arrested high-level
PKK members but failed to extradite them to Turkey due to gaps in
French laws.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News
Dec 26 2011
Turkey
One of the most concrete consequences of the ongoing rift between
Turkey and France will likely be the killing off of the crucial
bilateral anti-terror agreement that was signed in October.
"Ratification of this agreement in both countries' Parliaments in
the coming months would be surprising. And what is worst is the fact
the agreement will be null and void if it is not adopted at French
Parliament before it goes to recess in two months' time," a senior
diplomatic source told the Hurriyet Daily News over the weekend.
The adoption of the bill penalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide
escalated tensions between Turkey and France as the former imposed
harsh measures against its NATO ally. The anti-terror agreement was
signed by Interior Ministers Claude Gueant and Ä°dris Naim Å~^ahin
on Oct. 7 in Ankara. The deal focused on deepening cooperation
on the fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug and human
smuggling and illegal immigration between the two countries. It will
be as substantive as possible and will also include establishment
of mechanisms. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has an
important presence in France, where it collects financial resources to
fund the organization's terrorist acts. Paris has arrested high-level
PKK members but failed to extradite them to Turkey due to gaps in
French laws.
From: A. Papazian