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ERDOGAN: NATO INTERVENTION IN LIBYA WILL TRIGGER DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 14, 2011 - 16:08 AMT 12:08 GMT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, March 14
reiterated his opposition to NATO intervention in Libya, saying it
would trigger dangerous consequences.
"Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be
totally counter-productive," the Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan
as saying.
"In addition to being counter-productive, such an operation could
have dangerous consequences."
Turkey, a NATO member, stressed that the 28-member military alliance
could intervene only when one of its members is attacked.
During a visit to Germany late last month, Erdogan said a NATO
intervention in Libya would be "unthinkable" and "absurd".
He also raised strong objections to imposing sanctions on Libya,
saying innocent people would suffer and accusing world powers of making
"calculations" over oil.
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen meanwhile said early this month that
the alliance did not intend to intervene in oil-rich Libya but was
planning for "all eventualities".
He has insisted that the UN Security Council would have to approve any
military action in Libya, including the enforcement of a no-fly zone.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization appeared divided meanwhile on
the usefulness of such a measure as well as the idea -- attributed
to French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- to launch air strikes in Libya.
The organisation decided to reinforce its naval presence in an area
near Libya, and assess the humanitarian aid the United Nations could
request.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 14, 2011 - 16:08 AMT 12:08 GMT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, March 14
reiterated his opposition to NATO intervention in Libya, saying it
would trigger dangerous consequences.
"Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be
totally counter-productive," the Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan
as saying.
"In addition to being counter-productive, such an operation could
have dangerous consequences."
Turkey, a NATO member, stressed that the 28-member military alliance
could intervene only when one of its members is attacked.
During a visit to Germany late last month, Erdogan said a NATO
intervention in Libya would be "unthinkable" and "absurd".
He also raised strong objections to imposing sanctions on Libya,
saying innocent people would suffer and accusing world powers of making
"calculations" over oil.
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen meanwhile said early this month that
the alliance did not intend to intervene in oil-rich Libya but was
planning for "all eventualities".
He has insisted that the UN Security Council would have to approve any
military action in Libya, including the enforcement of a no-fly zone.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization appeared divided meanwhile on
the usefulness of such a measure as well as the idea -- attributed
to French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- to launch air strikes in Libya.
The organisation decided to reinforce its naval presence in an area
near Libya, and assess the humanitarian aid the United Nations could
request.
From: A. Papazian