Arab league reveals secrets of largest military transaction between Turkey and Israel
Regional, Politics, 2/5/2000

The Arab league expressed its deep anxiety toward the escalation in the Turkish - Israeli military cooperation as its has revealed military discussions between Ankara and Tel Aviv for ratifying a transaction of a billion dollars for developing the Turkish military tanks and studying the possibility of providing Turkey with attacking jets produced by Israel in association with a Russian company.

The league warned of risks of this military cooperation to security and stability in Middle East area and decided to raise the subject at the Arab foreign ministers' council that will held in Cairo coming month.

The league also said that it informed the Turkish embassy in Cairo with the Arab states, deep anxiety toward continuing the military cooperation between Ankara and Tel Aviv.

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