Israel's defense minister arrives today in Turkey
Israel-Turkey, Politics, 7/9/2001

The office of the Israeli defense minister announced that Benjamin Bin Aleazer will arrive today in Turkey in a visit which will last for one day.

The Israeli Hebrew- language radio quoted the office of Bin Aleazer as saying that he will meet during his visit with the Turkish President and the prime minister, the defense minister and the chief of staff of the Turkish army.

The Israeli war minister Bin Aleazer said he pins great expectations on his today's visit to Turkey towards developing the security relations between the two sides as well as signing new agreements to sell Israeli weapons to Turkey. He noted that this visit will be an opportunity to explain the relations existed between Israel and each of Lebanon and the Palestinians.

The Israeli Hebrew- language radio on Sunday quoted Bin Aleazer as saying that he had explained to the Turkish leadership the dimension the danger resulting from Iran's attempts to own unconventional weapons and that will affect developments in the region during the few coming years.

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