IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION REPORT #603 - POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: TURKISH OFFICIAL

Created: 2/24/1991

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Polltloal DeTalooaonta

Turkish Official Returns froa luropaaa Tiaita

Turkish Minister of state Inan returned today froa aeetinge In Britain, France, and Spain, according to preaa raporta. Inan

dlecueaad with Weatem ffl Lala Ankara's views on th* Cult crlill, relatione with th* EC, and Europ*'* "double standard" ln lta treatment of Turkey. an reportedly atraaaad th* key rola Turkey has taken ln th* Gulf crlals. H* propoaed that poat-war Middle Bast planning concentrate on economic, technological, and industrial cooperation, rather than military rearmament. 12

coameati Ankara coaplalns that European stataa recognize Turkeyambar of the Weat European military alliance but bar it fro* full participation ln political and aconoaic cooperation achemaa. Ankara wanta to remind the Europeans of tha contribution* and riaks it haa taken to aaaiat coalition war afforta in the hope of gaining political and economic acceptance ln Europa. Ankara'a regueet for poat-war Kiddle Eaat aconoaic, technological, and industrial cooperation likely reflectauctanc* to aea neighboring Iraq rearmed, r

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