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'TURKEY BLOCKED NATO INTELLIGENCE ACCESS TO ISRAEL
asbarez
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
NATO missile defense radar in Turkey
JERUSALEM (JPost)-Turkey went out of its way to ensure Israel had
no access to data from the NATO-backed missile defense system to be
built on its territory, the Turkish Today's Zaman reported Monday.
According the report, "Turkey went to great lengths in protracted
negotiations with the US to secure guarantees that the data to be
collected by the system will not be shared with ally-turned-foe Israel
and that Israel's nemesis Iran will never be mentioned as a threat."
In an interview with Today's Zaman published Monday, NATO
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Iranians need
not worry about the missile defense system if they are not planning
an attack.
"You can only consider our missile defense system a threat if you have
an intention or an idea that you want to attack a NATO territory,"
Rasmussen said.
Addressing the tense relationship between Turkey and Israel, Rasmussen
said, "I hope that Turkey and Israel can find peaceful ways to settle
this dispute, because Israel is actually a member of one of our
partnerships, called the Mediterranean Dialogue. Israel is a valued
partner and we need a positive relationship between a staunch ally
and a valued partner."
Rasmussen also said Iran's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was
"in contradiction with Iran's international obligations," and that
Russian cooperation on missile defense was lower than hoped.
asbarez
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
NATO missile defense radar in Turkey
JERUSALEM (JPost)-Turkey went out of its way to ensure Israel had
no access to data from the NATO-backed missile defense system to be
built on its territory, the Turkish Today's Zaman reported Monday.
According the report, "Turkey went to great lengths in protracted
negotiations with the US to secure guarantees that the data to be
collected by the system will not be shared with ally-turned-foe Israel
and that Israel's nemesis Iran will never be mentioned as a threat."
In an interview with Today's Zaman published Monday, NATO
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Iranians need
not worry about the missile defense system if they are not planning
an attack.
"You can only consider our missile defense system a threat if you have
an intention or an idea that you want to attack a NATO territory,"
Rasmussen said.
Addressing the tense relationship between Turkey and Israel, Rasmussen
said, "I hope that Turkey and Israel can find peaceful ways to settle
this dispute, because Israel is actually a member of one of our
partnerships, called the Mediterranean Dialogue. Israel is a valued
partner and we need a positive relationship between a staunch ally
and a valued partner."
Rasmussen also said Iran's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was
"in contradiction with Iran's international obligations," and that
Russian cooperation on missile defense was lower than hoped.