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Today's Zaman, Turkey
Oct 16 2012
US says Turkey needs urgent help on Syrian refugees
16 October 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
The US has said Turkey, along with Jordan, needs urgent help in
providing humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees it is hosting.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a daily
briefing on Monday that the US is one of the biggest donors to the UN
appeal to provide humanitarian assistance for war-torn Syrians, and is
helping further inside Syria and in neighboring countries.
`We are also working with all of our partners around the world to
encourage them to help fill the remaining unfilled portions of the
UN's appeal, the Syria portion and the portion in neighboring
countries. Particularly in Turkey and Jordan, the need is urgent now,'
she said.
Nuland's remarks came hours after Turkey announced that the number of
Syrian refugees housed in camps in southern Turkey has exceeded
100,000, a level beyond which Ankara had previously said it would
struggle to accommodate more.
Nulan was also asked about the mutual decisions by Syria and Turkey to
each close their airspace to the other country's aircraft in the wake
of Turkey's grounding of a Syrian jet in Ankara on suspicion that it
was carrying military equipment from Moscow to Syria. Nuland said the
US `certainly supports the decision that Turkey has made in light of
the apparent violation of their airspace by this aircraft.'
She noted that it is not surprising that the Syrian side took countermeasures.
Stating that the US is encouraging all of Syria's neighbors to be
vigilant with regard to how their airspace is used, Nuland underlined
that Turkey `has been open to granting humanitarian exceptions,'
referring to an Aleppo-bound Armenian plane which was allowed to
continue its journey after a search in Turkey confirmed that it was
carrying only humanitarian aid to Syria. `So the Turks, from our
perspective, are taking a measured and appropriate posture with regard
to these things,' she said.
Turkey grounded an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo
and searched its cargo on Monday, in the latest move to prevent its
airspace from being used to supply the Syrian military.
The plane was allowed to continue on its way after the search in the
eastern Turkish city of Erzurum confirmed it was carrying humanitarian
aid as stated by Armenian officials.
Oct 16 2012
US says Turkey needs urgent help on Syrian refugees
16 October 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
The US has said Turkey, along with Jordan, needs urgent help in
providing humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees it is hosting.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a daily
briefing on Monday that the US is one of the biggest donors to the UN
appeal to provide humanitarian assistance for war-torn Syrians, and is
helping further inside Syria and in neighboring countries.
`We are also working with all of our partners around the world to
encourage them to help fill the remaining unfilled portions of the
UN's appeal, the Syria portion and the portion in neighboring
countries. Particularly in Turkey and Jordan, the need is urgent now,'
she said.
Nuland's remarks came hours after Turkey announced that the number of
Syrian refugees housed in camps in southern Turkey has exceeded
100,000, a level beyond which Ankara had previously said it would
struggle to accommodate more.
Nulan was also asked about the mutual decisions by Syria and Turkey to
each close their airspace to the other country's aircraft in the wake
of Turkey's grounding of a Syrian jet in Ankara on suspicion that it
was carrying military equipment from Moscow to Syria. Nuland said the
US `certainly supports the decision that Turkey has made in light of
the apparent violation of their airspace by this aircraft.'
She noted that it is not surprising that the Syrian side took countermeasures.
Stating that the US is encouraging all of Syria's neighbors to be
vigilant with regard to how their airspace is used, Nuland underlined
that Turkey `has been open to granting humanitarian exceptions,'
referring to an Aleppo-bound Armenian plane which was allowed to
continue its journey after a search in Turkey confirmed that it was
carrying only humanitarian aid to Syria. `So the Turks, from our
perspective, are taking a measured and appropriate posture with regard
to these things,' she said.
Turkey grounded an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo
and searched its cargo on Monday, in the latest move to prevent its
airspace from being used to supply the Syrian military.
The plane was allowed to continue on its way after the search in the
eastern Turkish city of Erzurum confirmed it was carrying humanitarian
aid as stated by Armenian officials.