Iraq denies Turkish- Israeli agreement

Iraq has expressed strong concern over the Turkish project to own a spying satellite, noting that the Turkish - Israeli agreement about cooperation relations between the two countries entered a new turning point in a way provokes the feelings of the peoples of the region.

An official spokesman at the Iraqi foreign ministry said that Turkey's concept in cooperation and maintaining alliance with Israel has entered a new phase when Turkey made a contract with Israel to have a satellite for spying purposes.

However, the Turkish daily Melliet said on July 5th that Turkey signed by the end of June a contract of US $ 274 million with the Israeli "air craft industries," to construct this satellite.