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TURKEY RESTORES MILITARY TIES WITH FRANCE
tert.am
27.06.12
Turkey has agreed to restore all military ties with France, Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, and a senior procurement
official said that the restored relations covers all arms deals
between the two countries, The Defense News reports.
The deal effectively means that Eurosam, the European missile maker
whose members include major French companies, may compete for Turkey's
Long-Range Air and Missile Defense Systems (Loramids) contract,
worth about $4 billion.
Eurosam had never been officially excluded from that competition,
but the earlier legislation made it unlikely the European missile
would be selected.
Ankara canceled all economic, political and military meetings with
Paris in December after France's lower house of parliament voted
overwhelmingly in favor of a draft law to make it illegal to deny
that the Armenian Genocide.
tert.am
27.06.12
Turkey has agreed to restore all military ties with France, Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, and a senior procurement
official said that the restored relations covers all arms deals
between the two countries, The Defense News reports.
The deal effectively means that Eurosam, the European missile maker
whose members include major French companies, may compete for Turkey's
Long-Range Air and Missile Defense Systems (Loramids) contract,
worth about $4 billion.
Eurosam had never been officially excluded from that competition,
but the earlier legislation made it unlikely the European missile
would be selected.
Ankara canceled all economic, political and military meetings with
Paris in December after France's lower house of parliament voted
overwhelmingly in favor of a draft law to make it illegal to deny
that the Armenian Genocide.