Subject: U-S / TURKEY (S-O) BY RON PEMSTEIN/STATE DEPT
Topic: voa
From: yanni@ix.netcom.com (Ioannis Bousnakis)
 
DATE=4/25/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-177541
TITLE=U-S / TURKEY (S-O)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=STATE DEPT.
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE UNITED STATES HAS EXPRESSED PLEASURE WITH TURKEY'S  
ANNOUNCED TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTHERN IRAQ.  RON PEMSTEIN 
REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.  

TEXT:  TURKEY'S ANNOUNCED WITHDRAWAL OF FIVE BRIGADES FROM 
NORTHERN IRAQ, ABOUT 20 THOUSAND TROOPS, HAS REDUCED ITS FORCE 
ACROSS THE BORDER TO 12 THOUSAND.  STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN 
NICHOLAS BURNS SAYS THE TURKISH ACTION APPEARS IN LINE WITH 
PROMISES MADE BY TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TANSU CILLER IN 
WASHINGTON LAST WEEK. 

                        /// BURNS ACT ///

         THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.  IT IS 
         CONSISTENT WITH THE ASSURANCES GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT 
         AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE LAST WEEK BY PRIME MINISTER 
         CILLER THAT TURKEY WOULD MEET ITS AGREEMENT, ITS 
         COMMITMENT THAT THIS INCURSION WOULD BE LIMITED IN TIME 
         AND IN SCOPE.

                         /// END ACT ///

THE SPOKESMAN REPEATED THE AMERICAN POSITION THAT TURKEY HAS THE 
RIGHT TO COPE WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF TERRORISM FROM THE 
KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY, THE P-K-K.  AT THE SAME TIME, MR. BURNS 
SAYS THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THE INCURSION IN NORTHERN IRAQ 
SHOULD HAVE AN END DATE, A TIME THAT TURKEY HAS  NOT  BEEN 
WILLING TO PROVIDE.  (SIGNED) 

NEB / RP / BD/MMK

25-Apr-95 3:47 PM EDT (1947 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America