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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8437

5 April 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 31
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iraq/turkey
Abdullah Gül regrets image of Turkey invading Iraq - Turkey will not accept refugees on its soil

Brussels, 04/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - Abdullah Gül, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister, told the Press of his regrets that at the NATO meeting with Colin Powell, the image was put forward that Turkey would be involved in the Iraqi conflict. "I have said on several occasions that Turkey had no intentions towards Iraq and that we would only send extra troops on two conditions: if there were a massive influx of refugees, and if the PKK were using northern Iraq as a base", he explained, adding...

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