Hurriyet: Turkey warns Barazani
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 8/19/2002

Turkey has warned the chairman of the Kurdistani democratic party Masoud al-Barazani of damages that may inflict him if he causes tension in the region. This comes following following statements by Barazani recently made to one of the American papers, in which he said that Karjouk, which is situated in al-Turkman area to the north of Iraq, is a Kurdish governorate.

The Turkish daily Hurriyet on Saturday quoted a high ranking Turkish official who was not identified that the provinces of Karkouk and al-Mousel are considered the most sensitive areas for Turkey, Turkey will challenge any attempt sought to maintain the Kurdish control on these two oil rich provinces.

The Turkish official indicated that the Turkish authorities mentioned its warning concerning Karkouk and al-Mousel to the USA during the recent visit held by the US under defense secretary to Ankara.

Meantime, the Turkish ambassador in Jordan Arghan Ozar has denied his country to be in support of launching an American strike against Iraq. He explained that the Turkish president and the prime minister had announced during their meeting recently with the US President George Bush that Turkey is against attacking Iraq militarily and that Turkey is for Iraq's unity and sovereignty. In an interview with the Jordanian al-Dostour issued on Saturday, the ambassador said that his country also refuses to be a starting point in case an American attack will be directed against Iraq.

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