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Sept 17 2011
Iranian FM warns NATO's radar in Turkey
[17.09.2011 16:00]
Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 17 /Trend, D.Khatinoglu/
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warns on installing NATO's
missile defence system in Turkey, IRNA reported.
Salehi said to a press conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward
Nadbandian in Tehran that the West countries do not see the unified
policy amongst the region countries and decision of Turkey to allow
NATO's missile defence system is doubtable.
US Defense Department has said an 'early warning' radar system
belonging to the Washington-led military alliance of NATO will become
operational in Turkey by the end of 2011.
Earlier, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal announced the
country's intention to host the apparatus on Sept. 2. Following
Ankara's announcement, Russia criticized the plan and denounced NATO's
efforts to advance eastward.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Turkey's collaboration would mark
another step in the direction of the deployment "of the European
segment of a global US missile defense system."
In September 2010, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
proposed to develop a 200-million-euro (253-million-dollar) US-backed
missile system around Europe against possible attacks by "rogue
states."
The NATO chief then named Iran's nuclear program as one of the reasons
that justify the necessity of a missile system.
Sept 17 2011
Iranian FM warns NATO's radar in Turkey
[17.09.2011 16:00]
Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 17 /Trend, D.Khatinoglu/
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warns on installing NATO's
missile defence system in Turkey, IRNA reported.
Salehi said to a press conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward
Nadbandian in Tehran that the West countries do not see the unified
policy amongst the region countries and decision of Turkey to allow
NATO's missile defence system is doubtable.
US Defense Department has said an 'early warning' radar system
belonging to the Washington-led military alliance of NATO will become
operational in Turkey by the end of 2011.
Earlier, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal announced the
country's intention to host the apparatus on Sept. 2. Following
Ankara's announcement, Russia criticized the plan and denounced NATO's
efforts to advance eastward.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Turkey's collaboration would mark
another step in the direction of the deployment "of the European
segment of a global US missile defense system."
In September 2010, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
proposed to develop a 200-million-euro (253-million-dollar) US-backed
missile system around Europe against possible attacks by "rogue
states."
The NATO chief then named Iran's nuclear program as one of the reasons
that justify the necessity of a missile system.