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TURKEY DENIES SECRET VISIT OF SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIAL TO ANKARA
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 27, 2011 - 11:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 26, the Turkish Foreign Ministry denied a
report claiming that a senior Israeli official secretly visited Ankara
and had talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the
restoration of military and intelligence collaboration with Israel,
Today's Zaman reported.
The report that appeared on the DEBKAfile website on Friday,
June 24, alleged that Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon
met with Erdogan and Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT)
chief Hakan Fidan to finalize an agreement to restore military and
intelligence cooperation between Turkey and Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean. It said the deal was worked out between US President
Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was
discussed in a telephone conversation between the U.S. President and
Turkish Prime Minister on June 21. Quoting its military sources,
DEBKAfile said the deal also gives Erdogan a role in efforts to
resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"A web site, whose closeness with some intelligence organizations is
also mentioned in the international public opinion, alleged that the
Israeli deputy prime minister secretly visited Turkey and met with
our prime minister. The news that appeared on the website in question
does not reflect the truth and is totally baseless," a statement from
the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
"Such news stories aim to disinform the public opinion. We invite
the regional and international public opinion to be cautious while
considering stories of that sort," it added.
The report came amid suggestions that the deterioration in
Turkish-Syrian ties over Turkish criticism of a Syrian protesters
on anti-regime protesters could pave the way for improvement in
Turkish-Israeli ties, which has been on a standstill since Israeli
commandos attacked Gaza-bound flotilla on May 31, 2011.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 27, 2011 - 11:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 26, the Turkish Foreign Ministry denied a
report claiming that a senior Israeli official secretly visited Ankara
and had talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the
restoration of military and intelligence collaboration with Israel,
Today's Zaman reported.
The report that appeared on the DEBKAfile website on Friday,
June 24, alleged that Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon
met with Erdogan and Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT)
chief Hakan Fidan to finalize an agreement to restore military and
intelligence cooperation between Turkey and Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean. It said the deal was worked out between US President
Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was
discussed in a telephone conversation between the U.S. President and
Turkish Prime Minister on June 21. Quoting its military sources,
DEBKAfile said the deal also gives Erdogan a role in efforts to
resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"A web site, whose closeness with some intelligence organizations is
also mentioned in the international public opinion, alleged that the
Israeli deputy prime minister secretly visited Turkey and met with
our prime minister. The news that appeared on the website in question
does not reflect the truth and is totally baseless," a statement from
the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
"Such news stories aim to disinform the public opinion. We invite
the regional and international public opinion to be cautious while
considering stories of that sort," it added.
The report came amid suggestions that the deterioration in
Turkish-Syrian ties over Turkish criticism of a Syrian protesters
on anti-regime protesters could pave the way for improvement in
Turkish-Israeli ties, which has been on a standstill since Israeli
commandos attacked Gaza-bound flotilla on May 31, 2011.