Turkey says US is not sharing plans on Iraq, FM to visit Jordan
Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 8/3/2002

The Turkish foreign minister Shukri Ghouril will visit Jordan next week in order to discuss American threats to topple the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, according to a spokesman for the Turkish foreign ministry on Friday.

The spokesman said that talks between the Turkish Foreign minister and his Jordanian counterpart Marwan Muasher will concentrate on " bilateral relations and regional problems especially the Iraqi situation." This week, the Turkish prime minister Polent Acawet announced that Turkey is trying to make the US changing its mind from interfering in Iraq. But he added that his country, despite that, has military and political preparations for a war in the region.

In a press statement issued by the Turkish daily "Turkish daily news," the Turkish prime minister complained that the US does not consult his country enough concerning its military plans relating to Iraq. He said "there are certain activities in Iraq. The American officials are preoccupied in the area. We are worried by all that. We are not briefed on what is taking place and the carried out activities. The Americans have to brief us completely on what they are planning for."

In May, an American military delegation headed for north Iraqi through the Turkish territories. However, another delegation exist now in the area was obliged to enter there through the Syrian territories after the Turkish authorities did not permitted it to cross in.

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